Grosvenor, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bangs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76801. The Survey maps it on the Burkett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1924 USGS Brownwood Reservoir Site quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Grosvenor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Burkett quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
136 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Grosvenor between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,336 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRLAND (4141) |
| 27 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 574 (4135) |
| 2 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 105 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grosvenor: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Martin Brick Co Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Texas Brick Co Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Texas Brick Co Crosscut Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grosvenor in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Flood | Grosvenor | $2,400,000 | Prolonged heavy rainfall flooded roads across Brown County since September and this new flooding damaged some roads and bridges in the county. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Grosvenor | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down by a tornado. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Grosvenor | - | A storm chaser reported 2 inch diameter size hail. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grosvenor | - | The public reported a few trees blown down, power lines down and a roof blown off a barn 5 miles north-northwest of Lake Brownwood. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grosvenor | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds blew a back porch over the house, and the attached porch also removed the roof. This occurred about a half mile west of Highway 279 or 3 miles east southeast of Grosvenor. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grosvenor | - | The Brown County Sheriff's office estimated a wind gust to near 60 mph. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grosvenor | - | The National Weather Service survey team reported that a portion of a roof of a home was blown off and a small part of the roof of a metal barn was peeled back. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Grosvenor | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Grosvenor | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Grosvenor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Crossing | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fry | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Shore | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Thrifty | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Shamrock Shores | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Byrds | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Brownwood | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Holder | 9.3 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 Grosvenor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q115803578 | 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 1378390. 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.






