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Humble, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77338. The Survey maps it on the Humble quadrangle. 16,795 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 92 feet above sea level.

Humble within Harris County

On record in Humble

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

2 figures

Humble grew from 15,133 to 16,795 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.

YearPeople Change
201015,133
202016,795+1,662 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Humble between 1992 and 2020, burning about 549 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 873
30 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined108 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 38
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE101
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE101
3 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 81
21 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 311
21 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 310

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Humble: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Humble Dome ProspectSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceAnhydrite, Gypsum, Halite
Vestal PitSilicaProducer
Fred Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yancy Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Harris County

Storms near this place

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humble in 34 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 lightning, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1997LightningHumble1 hurt, $125,000Lightning induced fire burned Deerbrook Church of Christ down.
September 2019Flash FloodHumble$200,000,000Numerous flooded roads, road closures in the Kingwood and Huffman areas. Water entering homes. There were numerous reports of flooding in and around the Kingwood area. There were reports of flood water entering homes in Huffman and in Plum Grove. Water rescues were conducted around Will Clayton Parkway and West Lake Houston Parkway and also for stranded flooded home residents on Meyer Road. Several major roadways were impassage due to flooding. Some of these impassable flooded roadways included, but were not limited to, sections of Kingwood Drive and the intersection of FM 1960 and FM 2100.
January 2022Tornado (EF1)Humble$200,000This EF1 tornado snapped the trunks or uprooted several large trees with a few of them on structures. The most significant damage was along Palmetto Lane and Hamblen Road near its intersection with Red Bud Lane.
September 2009LightningHumble$75,000Lightning struck a home in Kingwood and caused extensive damage.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindHumble$50,000Trees and fences down at Humble Elementary.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHumble$25,000Roof damage to local businesses.
March 2009HailHumble$21,000Hen egg-sized hail was reported in Humble.
June 2004HailHumble$20,000Hail on US 59 North just outside Beltway 8.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHumble$15,000Trees and power lines down around the intersection of Stagewood and Bishop Gate.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHumble$15,000Trees and power lines down in Kenswick subdivision.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindHumble$12,000Trees down near Beltway 8 and Lake Houston Parkway.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindHumble$10,000Trees blown down in Kingwood, one on a car.
July 2005HailHumble$9,000Quarter-size hail at the intersection of Stagewood and Bishop Gate.
March 2009HailHumble$5,000Quarter-sized hail was reported at the intersection of State Highway 59 and FM 1960 near Deerbrook Mall.
March 2009HailHumble$5,000Quarter-sized hail was reported at the intersection of Will Clayton Parkway and Atascocita Road.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindHumble$5,000Downed power poles.
March 2006HailHumble$5,000Penny size hail.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindHumble$5,000KSBJ radio reported 60 mph winds knocked the station off the air.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindHumble$3,000Multiple power poles along the US-59 frontage road near the Deerbrook Mall were downed by strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2009HailHumble$3,000Quarter-sized hail was reported along State Highway 59.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindHumble$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and knocked over some street signs.
March 2009HailHumble$2,000Golf ball-sized hail was reported at the intersection of Loop 494 and Kingwood Drive.
March 2009HailHumble$1,000Quarter-sized hail was reported at the intersection of Wilson Road and the FM 1960 Bypass.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindHumble$500KSBJ radio reported 60 mph winds.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHumble-A member of the public reported trees blown down near Kingwood.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindHumble-Emergency Manager reported downed tree limbs located at the intersection of Kingwood Dr. and Forest Shores Dr. in Kingwood, TX.
May 2024Flash FloodHumble-Street flooding was reported to the east of Bush Intercontinental Airport.
December 2024HailHumble-A member of the public reported quarter sized hail along Mills Creek Court.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHumble-Trees were blown down.
December 2023HailHumble-Quarter size hail occurred in the Kingwood area.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHumble-There were trees and power lines blown down near Kingwood High School.
May 2019HailHumble-Penny sized hail was reported.
November 2011Funnel CloudHumble-A funnel cloud was sighted by Humble fireman.
June 2008Funnel CloudHumble-A funnel cloud was sighted just north of FM 1960 in Humble.

Every storm recorded in Harris 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
Intercontinental Village0.9 miles16
Moonshine Hill1.4 miles19
Bordersville1.7 miles15
Riverside Crest1.8 miles19
Kenswick2.2 miles15
Belleau Wood2.3 miles19
Kingwood2.4 miles15
Millcreek2.4 miles15

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 HumbleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q974345The 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 1374175. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.