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Gregory, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Portland-Gregory census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78359. The Survey maps it on the Gregory quadrangle. 1,740 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.

Gregory within San Patricio County

Population over time

3 figures

Gregory fell from 2,318 to 1,740 between 2000 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
20002,318
20101,907-411 (-18%)
20201,740-167 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

24 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Gregory between 2009 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBILLBOARD
18 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceINGLESIDE BRUSH
29 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS GIRE
29 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
18 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGARZA
4 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service181 AT CITY LIMIT
3 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/BRUSH FIRE
28 May 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Patricio County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gregory: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Haas Trucking Company OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Texas Brine PlantSaltProducer
(Facility) Sherwin Alumina RefineryAluminumPlant1952
Reynolds Metals San Patricio PlantAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Patricio County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gregory in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2015Tornado (EF0)Gregory3 hurt, $100,000NWS storm survey, photos, and video shared by media confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down near the Vostalpine plant near Highway 361 and private road 87A.|The tornado crossed Highway 361 and struck the TPCO plant where it flipped a commercial trailer. Three people were injured inside the trailer. The winds were estimated to be from 75 to 85 mph.
April 2012Flash FloodGregory$5,000,000Spur 202 and Farm to Market Road 3284 were flooded in Gregory. Water depth reached 3 feet in some portions of Gregory. There were 8 families that were rescued from the high water. There were 28 people that were placed in a local shelter due to the flooding. ||The flood devastated the city of Gregory and the Tradewinds Subdivision 5 miles north of Gregory. In Gregory, 80 percent of the homes were flooded. There were 496 homes with minor damage and 16 homes with major damage. There were 28 businesses in Gregory that received minor damage. In the Tradewinds Subdivision, 26 homes were flooded.
April 2012Flash FloodGregory$500,000Vehicles became stranded in flooded roadways around Gregory.
September 2018Flash FloodGregory$250,000Water was 1 to 2 feet deep across portions of Gregory.
April 2012Flash FloodGregory$250,000Cars were under water in Gregory near Highway 35.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Gregory$15,000NWS storm survey concluded a tornado touched down in a field south of Highway 35 just east of Gregory. The tornado flipped over a fireworks stand and damaged the side of an outbuilding. The tornado crossed Highway 35 and dissipated in a field. Maximum winds of 70 mph were estimated.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindGregory$10,000Public reported trees were blown down in Gregory.
July 2008Tornado (EF0)Gregory$10,000This tornado formed just south of the intersection of Highway 136 and Highway 188. An RV trailer was blown over and large tree limbs were broken along the path. Three sheds also collapsed. This tornado moved northeast to southwest.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGregory$1,000A tall, large 2-3 foot diameter tree was snapped in half in Gregory Park by the thunderstorm wind gusts.|
November 2025HailGregory-Significant hail damage to several cars in the area.
May 2021Flash FloodGregory-Farm to Market Road 136 was closed near Highway 188 due to flooding.
October 2021Flash FloodGregory-Flood waters were over State Highway 188 east of Sinton.
June 2020Flash FloodGregory-Flood waters over the curbs and flooding streets in several neighborhoods in Portland.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindGregory-Wind gusts to 60 mph along with pea size hail was reported.
September 2010Flash FloodGregory-Highway 181 and Highway 35 closed due to high water in Gregory. FM 1069 closed North of Ingleside due to water over the roadway.
June 2003Flash FloodGregory-Flooding reported along State Highway 361.
May 1997Flash FloodGregory-Police report of several roadways flooded.
September 2003Funnel CloudGregory-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Patricio 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
Crescent Center3.4 miles13
Portland3.6 miles13
Doyle Addition Colonia3.7 miles13
Doyle3.8 miles13
Nueces Bay Colonia3.8 miles13
Nueces Bayfront Colonia3.8 miles13
Midway3.9 miles13
Tradewinds4.9 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 GregoryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979542The 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 1337010. 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.