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Graford, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Graford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76449. It stands on Pecan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Graford East quadrangle. 669 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 958 feet above sea level.

Graford within Palo Pinto County

On record in Graford

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Graford grew from 584 to 669 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
2010584
2020669+85 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

77 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Graford between 2003 and 2020, burning about 10,458 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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 burning24
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural9
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
22 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use65 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD CHRISTIAN RD FIRE
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJOHNSON MOUNTAIN FIRE
28 August 2003Natural145 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH TX - 5
2 August 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSIKES ON 254 EAST
16 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use198 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEE RD. FIRE
15 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14661 STATE HWY 254
15 August 2013Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSIKES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Palo Pinto County

Storms near this place

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graford in 57 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 36 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
June 2015FloodGraford1 killedA 19-year-old male drowned in the Brazos River when the river quickly rose in response to water releases from Possum Kingdom Lake upstream.
April 2003Tornado (F1)Graford$250,000Brief tornado touchdown reported on the east side of Possum Kingdom Lake. 25 mobile homes were damaged or destroyed at Sky Camp, Lefty's, and P. K. Lodge. No people were injured.
June 2014LightningGraford$50,000Lightning struck tank batteries on Ragle Road near Graford, igniting them on fire. Three of four tanks were on fire.
April 2016HailGraford$40,000Trained spotters reported golf ball sized hail approximately 12 miles west of Graford on the west shore of Possum Kingdom Reservior.
June 2011HailGraford$40,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindGraford$35,000Two roofs were blown off homes near Graford, there was damage to a business, damage to the high school gym, and trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2007FloodGraford$20,000Pecan Branch Creek flooded causing water to reach the steps of several nearby homes. The Division Street Bridge was impassable.
June 2014LightningGraford$15,000Lightning struck a tank battery igniting it on fire off Turpin Road, north of Graford.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGraford$10,000Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Department reported power lines and power poles blown down.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindGraford$10,000The roof of a resort hotel in Graford was damaged.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindGraford$9,000Social media reported substantial tree and roof damage to a home near Graford.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGraford$5,000Power lines blown down.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindGraford$5,000Four outbuildings destroyed.
May 1998LightningGraford$5,000A tank battery was set on fire by lightning.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindGraford$5,000Strong winds blew down large limbs and signs in town.
April 2012HailGraford$3,000Ping pong ball sized hail was reported at the intersection of Grassy Ridge Road and Highway 337; south of Graford.
September 2009HailGraford$3,000Golfball size hail was reported in the community of Graford.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGraford$3,000Winds of 60 mph were estimated in Graford.
April 2026HailGraford-A trained spotter indicated quarter sized hail northwest of Graford.
March 2024HailGraford-Social media report of quarter size hail. Time estimated by radar.
April 2024HailGraford-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
April 2018HailGraford-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail approximately 2 miles west of the city of Graford, TX.
April 2018HailGraford-A trained spotter reported half-dollar sized hail approximately 2 miles southeast of the city of Graford, TX.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindGraford-A trained spotter reported power lines down and dumpsters blown over in the city of Graford, TX.
May 2015Flash FloodGraford-Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Department reported that 3 roads were closed including FM 4 near Graford, TX.
April 2014HailGraford-Quarter sized hail was reported near Graford.
May 2012HailGraford-Quarter sized hail was reported in Graford.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGraford-Tree limbs down.
May 2005HailGraford-Quarter size hail covering the ground.
May 2005HailGraford-Relayed by Parker county sheriff's office.
July 2005LightningGraford-Several grass fires started by lightning along I-20 and Highway 254 in Graford.
April 2003HailGraford-Golfball to softball size hail occurred for 6 minutes.
June 1995HailGraford-High water was over Farm-to-Market Road 4 north of Graford.
April 2011HailGraford-no account filed
April 2011HailGraford-no account filed
April 2006HailGraford-no account filed
June 2004HailGraford-no account filed
November 2004HailGraford-no account filed
April 2003HailGraford-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindGraford-no account filed
June 2003HailGraford-no account filed
June 2003HailGraford-no account filed
March 2001HailGraford-no account filed
March 2001HailGraford-no account filed
March 2001HailGraford-no account filed
April 2001HailGraford-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindGraford-no account filed
October 2001HailGraford-no account filed
March 2000HailGraford-no account filed
April 2000HailGraford-no account filed
April 2000HailGraford-no account filed
March 2000HailGraford-no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodGraford-no account filed
April 1994HailGraford-no account filed
April 1994HailGraford-no account filed
April 1994HailGraford-no account filed
May 1994HailGraford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Palo Pinto 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
Oran4.9 miles19
Coronados Camp6.4 miles19
Salesville8.6 miles18
Peadenville9.2 miles18
Mineral Wells11.4 miles18
Palo Pinto12.1 miles18
Wolters Village12.4 miles18
Sturdivant15.2 miles18

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 GrafordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q969908The 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 1336782. 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.