Groveton, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Groveton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75845. The Survey maps it on the Groveton West quadrangle. 918 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 328 feet above sea level.
On record in Groveton
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
Trinity County Courthouse Squarelisted 2004
Population over time
3 figuresGroveton fell from 1,076 to 918 between 1890 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 1,076 | |
| 2010 | 1,057 | |
| 2020 | 918 | -139 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Groveton West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Groveton West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Groveton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,431 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 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 | 48 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 387 |
| 23 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | 528-A |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KICKAPOO WEST |
| 12 September 2013 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8069 |
| 11 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.5 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | LTSP AGAIN |
| 10 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 359 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groveton in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 24 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 7 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $100,000 | Roof damage to homes and barns with trees down. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $80,000 | Two mobile homes damaged by fallen trees in Hog Heaven with numerous trees and power lines down in area. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $75,000 | Trees and power lines down from a Groveton to Apple Springs line. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Groveton | $40,000 | DPS & sheriff reported around 20 homes and 30 mobile homes damaged from falling trees in Groveton. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across the county, especially between Groveton and Apple Springs and in the Nogalus area. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Groveton | $15,000 | Flooding in and around the town of Groveton. Flood waters on Highways 287, 94, and FM Road 355. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $15,000 | Trees down on Highway 287. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $15,000 | Trees and power lines down in area. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $15,000 | Trees down along Hwy 94E and FM 357. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $10,000 | Minor wind damage to homes in Groveton. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Groveton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $7,000 | Trees and powerlines down. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Groveton | $7,000 | 1.00 inch hail lasted about twenty minutes and covered the ground. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $6,000 | Tree down at the courthouse. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | Trees and power lines down in the Trevat area. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | Trees blown down 3 miles west of the HWY 287/94 intersection. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Groveton | $5,000 | Weak tornado downed trees 9 miles east of Groveton |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | Powerlines blown down |
| November 1997 | Flash Flood | Groveton | $5,000 | Street flooding. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Groveton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | Groveton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Groveton | $4,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Groveton. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $4,000 | Tree limbs down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $3,000 | Trees down. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Groveton | $3,000 | Flooding on some county roads in and around Groveton. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $3,000 | Trees blown down on FM 2262. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Groveton | $2,000 | Nickel size hail. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Groveton | $2,000 | Nickel size hail. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Groveton | $2,000 | Sheriffs office reported golf ball-size hail in Groveton. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | $500 | Large tree limbs were broken by strong winds between Groveton and Sebastopol. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | - | Several large trees were downed on Highway 94. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Groveton | - | Flash flooding along CR 2662 resulted in the roadway becoming impassable. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Groveton | - | Flash flooding along US Hwy 287 near Groveton resulted in the roadway becoming impassable. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | South Groveton | - | Flash flooding along CR 1280 north of Groveton resulted in the roadway becoming impassable. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | South Groveton | - | Flash flooding along TX Hwy 94 made the roadway impassable near Groveton. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Groveton | - | Quarter sized hail reported on Highway 94 between Groveton and Apple Springs. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | - | Tree limbs were blown down on highway 94 northeast of Groveton. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | - | Numerous trees and power outages were reported by local law enforcement across Groveton. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveton | - | Trees downed near the intersection of FM 355 and Highway 287. |
| August 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Groveton | - | Funnel cloud sighted on Highway 94 near Glendale. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Groveton | - | The public reported a tornado between Groveton and Corrigan. |
| January 1994 | Hail | Groveton | - | 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.
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 Groveton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975023 | 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 1381950. 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.





