Heath, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Rockwall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75032. The Survey maps it on the Forney North quadrangle. 9,769 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHeath grew from 6,921 to 9,769 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,921 | |
| 2020 | 9,769 | +2,848 (+41%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1919 USGS Royse City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Forney North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Forney North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Heath between 2005 and 2017, burning about 658 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-0771 |
| 14 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016-796 |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201-500 |
| 5 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-0723 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heath in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Hail | Heath | $15,000,000 | Golf ball to baseball sized hail was reported in Heath. |
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Heath | $50,000 | A tornado caused mainly roof damage to several brick homes on the southeast side of Lake Ray Hubbard near Heath. Another home had its chimney knocked over and some large tree damage also occurred along the path of this tornado. The winds were estimated to be between 85-95 mph. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $20,000 | High winds caused roof and window damage. |
| December 2022 | Hail | Heath | - | A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail near Heath, TX. |
| January 2016 | Hail | Heath | - | A social media report indicated penny to nickel sized hail in the town of Heath, TX. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| April 1997 | Flash Flood | Heath | - | Rainbow Lake Road was closed due to high water. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Heath | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported by the volunteer fire department. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Heath | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Heath | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Heath | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Heath | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Heath | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hill | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| McLendon | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| McLendon-Chisholm | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Chisholm | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rockwall | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mobile City | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Blackland | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Fate | 8.8 miles | 16 |
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 Heath | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981699 | 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 1337538. 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.





