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Grow, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Guthrie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79248. The Survey maps it on the Grow quadrangle.

Grow within King County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 7 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

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Grow between 2007 and 2019, burning about 1,297 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 August 2016Natural1,000 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6666 KING CO. MUTUAL AID
20 August 2019Natural70 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJACOBSON 2
19 August 2019Natural12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJACOBSON
6 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY.83 S.
30 July 2016Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLARRY RUSH HOME PLACE
19 May 2012Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAVINS FIRE
18 May 2012Natural200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE - HAVINS FIRE
13 April 2017Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGILMORE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in King County

Storms near this place

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grow in 16 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 12 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
July 2004HailGrow$50,000Baseball size hail was reported by the FD. The hail broke windows and damaged roofs.
April 2000HailGrow$30,000no account filed
July 2004HailGrow$25,000Softball size hail was reported by the FD.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindGrow$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind associated with the storm that hit Paducah earlier in the evening snapped power poles, blew down power lines and trees, and damaged several large barns and storage buildings near Grow.
April 2000HailGrow$15,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGrow$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped power poles.
March 2026HailGrow-A storm chaser reported hail ranging in size from quarters to golf balls south of the Cottle/King County line along US Highway 83.
May 2022Tornado (EFU)Grow-An NWS storm survey revealed no known damage from this tornado which was documented by several storm chasers. The tornado moved over rangeland in northeastern King County before crossing into Foard County.
May 2022Tornado (EFU)Grow-Numerous storm chasers documented a tornado that began near the intersection of US Highway 83 and Farm to Market Road 1168. The tornado moved roughly east-southeast remaining close to Farm to Market Road 1168 and 3416 for about five miles before turning east and crossing County Road 204. An NWS storm survey revealed no known damage.
April 2021HailGrow-A NWS cooperative weather observer as well as numerous storm chasers reported hail up to baseball size near Grow and along US Highway 83 to the north and south of Grow. Many windshields and storm chaser vehicles were damaged.
May 2012HailGrow-A right-moving supercell produced a swath of large hail at times as large as baseballs from Grow southeast to 15E Guthrie along US Highway 82. The largest hail was estimated by a NWS Cooperative Observer in Grow; however, no reports of damage were received with this hailswath.
June 2009HailGrow-The Dickens Fire Department reported nickel size hail in Grow.
September 2005HailGrow-Reported by an NWS Cooperative Observer located 15 miles south of Paducah or near the town of Grow, TX.
June 2005HailGrow-Reported 15 miles south of Paducah or near the town of Grow.
April 2003HailGrow-The Guthrie Fire Department reported golfball size hail.
September 2001HailGrow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in King 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
Finney4.7 miles8
Dumont11.5 miles8
Guthrie13.1 miles8
Gage Corner Windmill14.3 miles8
Corner Windmill17.4 miles8

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 GrowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5611601The 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 1379866. 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.