Garfield, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78617. The Survey maps it on the Webberville quadrangle. 1,825 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresGarfield grew from 1,660 to 1,825 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,660 | |
| 2010 | 1,698 | +38 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 1,825 | +127 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Montopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Webberville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Webberville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
99 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Garfield between 1993 and 2016, burning about 311 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 132 MAHA DR |
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 362 OLD 71 |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 71 HWY W |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 139 STONY POINT DR |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 40 |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 535 |
| 22 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STONY CREEK DR |
| 15 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAZY RIVER LN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Garfield: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berdoll Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Birdall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Green Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Shapard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Shapard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Texas Industries Inc Hacket Pit 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Texas Industries Inc Hacket Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garfield in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Hail | Garfield | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southeast of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Garfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Garfield | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webberville | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Dunlap | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hornsby Bend | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Del Valle | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Moores Crossing | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Elroy | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Pilot Knob | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Smoot | 7.8 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Garfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q978487 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336402. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







