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Gladewater, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gladewater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75647. The Survey maps it on the Gladewater quadrangle. 6,134 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 364 feet above sea level.

Gladewater within Gregg County

Population over time

2 figures

Gladewater fell from 6,441 to 6,134 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
20106,441
20206,134-307 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

577 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 577 fires within 5 miles of Gladewater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,565 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 43 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 burning247
Missing data/not specified/undetermined150
Power generation/transmission/distribution51
Arson/incendiarism43
Equipment and vehicle use39
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service600 S. LOOP 485
9 September 2011Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBINGHAM
8 September 2015Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6178
8 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePINE 15-318
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTEWART ST
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2685 BEFORE GLADEWATER CITY LIMITS
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOCUST RD.
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gregg County

Storms near this place

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladewater in 57 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 27 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 9 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindGladewater1 killed, 1 hurt, $20,000A large tree fell on top of an SUV in Gladewater, Texas killing one of the two occupants in the vehicle and severely injuring the other.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindGladewater$100,000Numerous trees and powerlines were downed in the area. Several of these trees fell on homes. The roof was removed from a business on Hwy. 80. A portion of the roof landed on an automobile.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGladewater$50,000Powerlines down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGladewater$30,000Trees and powerlines were downed in the town of Gladewater. One tree fell on top of a brick home. There were no report of any injuries.
September 1998Flash FloodGladewater$30,000Several roads washed out including Commerce, West Lake, and East Lake.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindGladewater$1,000Storm Spotter reported thunderstorm winds blew an awning off a house while trees and powerlines were toppled across the area resulting in over 1000 customers without power.
April 2023HailGladewater-Quarter size hail fell near Gladewater. Report from m-PING.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Tree down in the southbound lanes on Loop 485 near the Highway 80 intersection.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Large limbs were blown down near the Loop and Highway 80 on the east side of Gladewater.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGladewater-A downburst, followed by damaging straight line winds, uprooted multiple hardwood and softwood trees in a north-northeasterly direction in various portions of Warren City. Multiple other hardwood and softwood tree trunks were snapped in a similar north-northeasterly direction near Texas Street and George Richey Road. A swath of this damage extended across George Richey Road, including a hardwood tree uproot that fell onto a metal farm shed.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGladewater-A mobile home was destroyed by fallen trees on Primrose Street.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGladewater-One inch tree limbs were broken. Shingles were blown off of a home.
March 2022HailGladewater-Quarter size hail fell in Gladewater.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Several trees were blown down between Kilgore and Gladewater.
February 2020Flash FloodGladewater-Highway 271 at Highway 80 in Gladewater was flooded and closed.
May 2019Flash FloodGladewater-Shell Camp Road was flooded.
February 2018HailGladewater-Dime size hail fell on the south side of Gladewater.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGladewater-A tree fell onto power lines on West Sheppard Drive in Gladewater.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Small limbs and power lines were blown down in Gladewater.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGladewater-A tree snapped and fell on a barn in Gladewater.
December 2017Flash FloodGladewater-The intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 271 in Gladewater was flooded.
April 2016HailGladewater-Two periods of pea to penny size hail along Highway 80 between Gladewater, Clarksville City, and White Oak.
May 2015Flash FloodGladewater-Streets and highways were closed on the southwest side of Gladewater as a result of excessive heavy rainfall.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Trees were downed on Old Hwy. 135 in Gladewater.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Several trees were downed with debris across Hwy. 80 in Gladewater, Texas.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Trees were downed in Gladewater.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Powerlines were downed in the Lake Gladewater community.
June 2010Flash FloodGladewater-Hwy. 80 at Cotton Street was closed due to high water.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Trees were downed in Gladewater, Texas.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGladewater-A measured 60 mph wind gust was reported in Gladewater, Texas by the local media.
June 2007Flash FloodGladewater-Water over US 271...McComic Road and multiple secondary roads in the northwest portion of the county.
June 2007Flash FloodGladewater-TX 135 near FM 2207 was closed due to high water.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Powerlines were blown down on Hwy 271 at Hwy 135. Numerous powerlines were blown down elsewhere across the county.
April 2004HailGladewater-Hail fell between Gladewater and White Oak.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Trees downed.
May 1998Funnel CloudGladewater-Reported by Police Department.
September 1998Flash FloodGladewater-Hwy 135 and the Old Gladewater Hwy were closed between Gladewater and I-20 due to flooding.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindGladewater-Wind gusts were recorded from a trained spotter.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGladewater-A tree was blown down by high winds.
April 2012HailGladewater-no account filed
April 2007HailGladewater-no account filed
October 2006HailGladewater-no account filed
May 2002HailGladewater-no account filed
May 1999HailGladewater-no account filed
January 1998HailGladewater-no account filed
January 1998HailGladewater-no account filed
May 1998HailGladewater-no account filed
May 1998HailGladewater-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGladewater-no account filed
April 1997HailGladewater-no account filed
April 1997HailGladewater-no account filed
April 1997HailGladewater-no account filed
April 1997HailGladewater-no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindGladewater-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindGladewater-no account filed
March 1996HailGladewater-no account filed
April 1993HailGladewater-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gregg 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
Clarksville City2.2 miles12
Gladewater Park2.5 miles12
Warren City2.8 miles12
White Oak4.4 miles13
Shiloh4.9 miles13
Liberty City6.3 miles15
Teneryville7.1 miles13
Seven Pines7.6 miles13

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 GladewaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q785408The 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 1336557. 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.

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.