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Grand Saline, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Grand Saline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75140. The Survey maps it on the Grand Saline quadrangle. 3,107 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 400 feet above sea level.

Grand Saline within Van Zandt County

Population over time

2 figures

Grand Saline fell from 3,136 to 3,107 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
20103,136
20203,107-29 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

115 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Grand Saline between 1996 and 2020, burning about 577 acres in total. 2 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 burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3501
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNONE
25 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVZCR 1820
25 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
24 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOUSTON ST.
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceVZCR 1110
15 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 110
14 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2904

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Zandt 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 Grand Saline: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Grand Saline MineHalite, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1888, 1931
Grand Saline OperationSaltProducer
Grand Saline Salt MineSaltProducer

Every working recorded in Van Zandt County

Storms near this place

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Saline in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 14 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
April 2024Flash FloodGrand Saline$300,000Amateur radio reported water covering Highway 80 through Grand Saline, with some downtown businesses also flooded.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline$60,000Amateur Radio operators reported a measured wind gust of 61 knots in Grand Saline.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline$20,000Metal roofs were torn off buildings at the Morton Salt Mine located southeast of town. Some minor roof damage was also reported in Grand Saline.
April 2026HailGrand Saline$15,000A Facebook report relayed 2 inch hail in Grand Saline.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline$10,000The front of an uninhabited store was torn off in Grand Saline.
October 2009Flash FloodGrand Saline$10,000High water was reported in Grand Saline and high water rescues were ongoing.
April 2026HailGrand Saline$5,000A report on Facebook relayed 2 inch hail just south of Grand Saline, along VZCR 1110 south of Hwy 280.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline$5,000Law enforcement reported that a tree had blown down on a trailer in Grand Saline.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline$3,000Peak winds of 60 mph were estimated in Grand Saline.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline$2,500Thunderstorm winds blew down a carport.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline$200Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2013HailGrand Saline-Broadcast media reported nickel sized hail.
July 2011HailGrand Saline-A few hail stones up to the size of quarters fell in Grand Saline.
January 2010HailGrand Saline-Quarter size hail fell in the city of Grand Saline.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline-Tree limbs down.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Grand Saline-A tornado briefly touched down in Grand Saline. No damage was reported.
April 1995HailGrand Saline-This storm left a swath of large hail three miles long.
April 1995Tornado (F0)Grand Saline-A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
May 1995HailGrand Saline-Utility poles and numerous large trees were blown down by high winds. Some roads were closed due to downed trees.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline-no account filed
May 1999HailGrand Saline-no account filed
January 1999HailGrand Saline-no account filed
May 1998HailGrand Saline-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGrand Saline-no account filed
March 1998HailGrand Saline-no account filed
April 1993HailGrand Saline-no account filed
April 1993HailGrand Saline-no account filed
May 1993HailGrand Saline-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Van Zandt 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
Sand Flat4.5 miles15
Lawrence Springs4.7 miles11
Jones4.9 miles14
Fruitvale5.0 miles11
Corinth6.0 miles14
Silver Lake6.0 miles15
Oakland7.5 miles13
Pruitt8.1 miles14

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 Grand SalineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q974751The 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 1336803. 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.