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.
Population over time
2 figuresGrand 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,136 | |
| 2020 | 3,107 | -29 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Saline quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Saline quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1996Regional 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 burning | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3501 |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VZCR 1820 |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOUSTON ST. |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VZCR 1110 |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 110 |
| 14 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2904 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Saline Mine | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1888, 1931 | |
| Grand Saline Operation | Salt | Producer | ||
| Grand Saline Salt Mine | Salt | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Grand Saline | $300,000 | Amateur radio reported water covering Highway 80 through Grand Saline, with some downtown businesses also flooded. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | $60,000 | Amateur Radio operators reported a measured wind gust of 61 knots in Grand Saline. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | $20,000 | Metal 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 2026 | Hail | Grand Saline | $15,000 | A Facebook report relayed 2 inch hail in Grand Saline. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | $10,000 | The front of an uninhabited store was torn off in Grand Saline. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Grand Saline | $10,000 | High water was reported in Grand Saline and high water rescues were ongoing. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Grand Saline | $5,000 | A report on Facebook relayed 2 inch hail just south of Grand Saline, along VZCR 1110 south of Hwy 280. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported that a tree had blown down on a trailer in Grand Saline. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | $3,000 | Peak winds of 60 mph were estimated in Grand Saline. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | $2,500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a carport. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | $200 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | Broadcast media reported nickel sized hail. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | A few hail stones up to the size of quarters fell in Grand Saline. |
| January 2010 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | Quarter size hail fell in the city of Grand Saline. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | - | Tree limbs down. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Grand Saline | - | A tornado briefly touched down in Grand Saline. No damage was reported. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | This storm left a swath of large hail three miles long. |
| April 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Grand Saline | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | Utility poles and numerous large trees were blown down by high winds. Some roads were closed due to downed trees. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Saline | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Grand Saline | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Flat | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lawrence Springs | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Jones | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fruitvale | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Corinth | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Silver Lake | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Oakland | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pruitt | 8.1 miles | 14 |
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 Saline | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974751 | 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 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.





