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Garrison, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Garrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75946. The Survey maps it on the Garrison East quadrangle. 789 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 390 feet above sea level.

Garrison within Nacogdoches County

Population over time

2 figures

Garrison fell from 895 to 789 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
2010895
2020789-106 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Garrison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 495 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 were 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 213
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3291
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 301
4 August 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6274
26 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution9.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 455

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nacogdoches County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Garrison: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Garrison PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Acme Brick Company PitClayProducer
Garrison Plant & PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Nacogdoches County

Storms near this place

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garrison in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Tornado (EF2)Garrison$500,000The Garrison area of Northeast Nacogdoches County sustained significant wind and tornado damage related to a supercell thunderstorms that moved over this area. En EF-2 tornado with maximum estimated winds between 120-130 mph touched down southwest of Garrison along Highway 59, before moving through downtown Garrison. Several businesses along Highway 59 sustained roof damage, including what had once been a dentist's office, a bank, and an auto repair shop. The dentist's office was particularly hard hit, where EF-2 damage had occurred when a section of the roof was removed. The auto shop roof was lifted and deposited in the bank's parking lot. The auto shop also had two outer cinder block walls collapse as a result of the roof tearing off, which also indicated EF-2 damage. The tornado moved northeast along Highway 59 into extreme Southeast Rusk County, where sporadic trees were topped on both sides of the road.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindGarrison$80,000Trees were blown over throughout the area including one across a home causing major damage. The wind also rolled a mobile home.
May 2025Flash FloodGarrison-Roads were flooded in Garrison.
February 2024HailGarrison-Nickel to quarter size hail reported.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindGarrison-A large tree was blown down in a yard on Main Street in Garrison. Report from the KYTX Facebook page.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Trees were blown down in Garrison. Roofs were also damaged from several buildings near the Square.
January 2016HailGarrison-Golf Ball Size Hail reported in Garrison.
April 2015HailGarrison-Dime size hail was reported just north of Garrison, Texas.
April 2015HailGarrison-Golfball size hail was reported in Garrison, Texas.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Trees were downed south of Garrison blocking FM. 95.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Trees and powerlines were downed across several county roads in the northeast portion of Nacogdoches County.
July 2009HailGarrison-Hail was reported in the Garrison community.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Several large trees down.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Numerous trees and powerlines down.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Several large trees down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Numerous trees and powerlines down.
August 1997Heavy RainGarrison-Observer reported 14.13 inches of rain at his home along FM138 in 24 hours.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGarrison-Several trees and powerlines were toppled by high winds leading to power outages. Accidents were caused during the event including one car which hit a downed tree and a hay truck which jack-knifed trying to avoid hitting the car. No injuries were reported.
February 1993HailGarrison-The sheriff's office reported marble- to golf ball-size hail in Appleby and Garrison. A few minutes later the sheriff's office reported dime-size hail east of Nacogdoches and several trees down near Douglass.
February 1993HailGarrison-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind.
May 2007HailGarrison-no account filed
April 2000HailGarrison-no account filed
March 1999HailGarrison-no account filed
May 1999HailGarrison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nacogdoches County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fitze3.5 miles11
Whispering Pines3.6 miles11
Holly Springs6.8 miles11
Cedar Point8.2 miles11
Pisgah8.4 miles12
Pleasant Hill8.6 miles11
Appleby9.6 miles12
North Redland10.9 miles12

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 GarrisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q977620The 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 1373815. 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.