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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.

Groveton within Trinity County

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

Population over time

3 figures

Groveton 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.

YearPeople Change
18901,076
20101,057
2020918-139 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

93 since 1992

Regional 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 burning48
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 387
23 September 2005Recreation and ceremony9.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In Texas528-A
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,500 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKICKAPOO WEST
12 September 2013Fireworks2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8069
11 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.5 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasLTSP AGAIN
10 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2000Natural80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 359

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2000Thunderstorm WindGroveton$100,000Roof damage to homes and barns with trees down.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindGroveton$80,000Two mobile homes damaged by fallen trees in Hog Heaven with numerous trees and power lines down in area.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGroveton$75,000Trees and power lines down from a Groveton to Apple Springs line.
January 1999Tornado (F0)Groveton$40,000DPS & sheriff reported around 20 homes and 30 mobile homes damaged from falling trees in Groveton.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindGroveton$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across the county, especially between Groveton and Apple Springs and in the Nogalus area.
August 2005Flash FloodGroveton$15,000Flooding in and around the town of Groveton. Flood waters on Highways 287, 94, and FM Road 355.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGroveton$15,000Trees down on Highway 287.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGroveton$15,000Trees and power lines down in area.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGroveton$15,000Trees down along Hwy 94E and FM 357.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindGroveton$10,000Minor wind damage to homes in Groveton.
April 1997HailGroveton$10,000no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindGroveton$8,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGroveton$7,000Trees and powerlines down.
May 2004HailGroveton$7,0001.00 inch hail lasted about twenty minutes and covered the ground.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGroveton$6,000Tree down at the courthouse.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindGroveton$5,000Trees and power lines down in the Trevat area.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGroveton$5,000Trees blown down 3 miles west of the HWY 287/94 intersection.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Groveton$5,000Weak tornado downed trees 9 miles east of Groveton
May 1997Thunderstorm WindGroveton$5,000Powerlines blown down
November 1997Flash FloodGroveton$5,000Street flooding.
January 1999HailGroveton$5,000no account filed
November 1997HailGroveton$5,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindGroveton$5,000no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindGroveton$5,000no account filed
April 2011HailGroveton$4,000A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Groveton.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGroveton$4,000Tree limbs down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindGroveton$3,000Trees down.
September 2003Flash FloodGroveton$3,000Flooding on some county roads in and around Groveton.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGroveton$3,000Trees blown down on FM 2262.
February 2007HailGroveton$2,000Nickel size hail.
January 2006HailGroveton$2,000Nickel size hail.
April 1995HailGroveton$2,000Sheriffs office reported golf ball-size hail in Groveton.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindGroveton$500Large tree limbs were broken by strong winds between Groveton and Sebastopol.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindGroveton-Several large trees were downed on Highway 94.
April 2024Flash FloodGroveton-Flash flooding along CR 2662 resulted in the roadway becoming impassable.
April 2024Flash FloodGroveton-Flash flooding along US Hwy 287 near Groveton resulted in the roadway becoming impassable.
April 2024Flash FloodSouth Groveton-Flash flooding along CR 1280 north of Groveton resulted in the roadway becoming impassable.
April 2024Flash FloodSouth Groveton-Flash flooding along TX Hwy 94 made the roadway impassable near Groveton.
April 2012HailGroveton-Quarter sized hail reported on Highway 94 between Groveton and Apple Springs.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGroveton-Tree limbs were blown down on highway 94 northeast of Groveton.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGroveton-Numerous trees and power outages were reported by local law enforcement across Groveton.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindGroveton-Trees downed near the intersection of FM 355 and Highway 287.
August 2004Funnel CloudGroveton-Funnel cloud sighted on Highway 94 near Glendale.
May 1994Tornado (F0)Groveton-The public reported a tornado between Groveton and Corrigan.
January 1994HailGroveton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trinity 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
Josserand2.3 miles11
Westville3.6 miles11
Lacy4.0 miles11
Sumpter (historical)4.0 miles11
Woodlake5.2 miles11
Saron7.5 miles10
Sulphur7.9 miles12
Friday8.2 miles10

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 GrovetonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q975023The 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.