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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Grow quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dickens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2007Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6666 KING CO. MUTUAL AID |
| 20 August 2019 | Natural | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACOBSON 2 |
| 19 August 2019 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACOBSON |
| 6 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY.83 S. |
| 30 July 2016 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LARRY RUSH HOME PLACE |
| 19 May 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAVINS FIRE |
| 18 May 2012 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE - HAVINS FIRE |
| 13 April 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILMORE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Hail | Grow | $50,000 | Baseball size hail was reported by the FD. The hail broke windows and damaged roofs. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Grow | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Grow | $25,000 | Softball size hail was reported by the FD. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grow | $15,000 | Strong 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 2000 | Hail | Grow | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grow | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped power poles. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Grow | - | 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 2022 | Tornado (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 2022 | Tornado (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 2021 | Hail | Grow | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Grow | - | 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 2009 | Hail | Grow | - | The Dickens Fire Department reported nickel size hail in Grow. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Grow | - | Reported by an NWS Cooperative Observer located 15 miles south of Paducah or near the town of Grow, TX. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Grow | - | Reported 15 miles south of Paducah or near the town of Grow. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Grow | - | The Guthrie Fire Department reported golfball size hail. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Grow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finney | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dumont | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Guthrie | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Gage Corner Windmill | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Corner Windmill | 17.4 miles | 8 |
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 Grow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5611601 | 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 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.


