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Keene, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cleburne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76059. The Survey maps it on the Keene quadrangle. 6,387 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 892 feet above sea level.

Keene within Johnson County

Population over time

2 figures

Keene grew from 6,106 to 6,387 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
20106,106
20206,387+281 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

47 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Keene between 2005 and 2012, burning about 835 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined33
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
29 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePECAN VALLEY FIRE
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 3136 FIRE
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 425A FIRE
24 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMESQUITE FIRE
6 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCKIN ROBIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Keene: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Andrews PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Charlie Phillips PitSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keene in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 lightning. 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 1996LightningKeene$65,000no account filed
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Keene$50,000A small and narrow tornado damaged mostly trees and caused minor roof damage north of Keene. Maximum wind speeds are estimated at 80 mph.
April 2005HailKeene$25,000Golf ball to baseball size hail fell in town, causing damage to numerous privately-owned and city-owned vehicles, as well as mobile homes.
September 2009LightningKeene$20,000Lightning struck the building that houses KJCR 88.3 Radio Station, starting a fire that heavily damaged the building. All the radio equipment was destroyed including mixing boards and the wiring relay system that sends the signal to the transmitter.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindKeene$5,000Power lines blown down.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindKeene$3,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down 2 foot diameter trees on FM 2280 north of Keene.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindKeene$1,000Emergency management reported that County Road 807 was closed due to downed trees.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindKeene$500A trained spotter reported a 64 mph wind gust in Keene.
May 2024Flash FloodKeene-A trained spotter reported flooded and impassable low water crossings near and north of Keene.
April 2023HailKeene-Amateur radio reported half-dollar sized hail in Keene, TX.
October 1993HailKeene-A brief tornado touchdown occurred between Keene and Alvarado.
October 1993Tornado (F0)Keene-A brief tornado touchdown occurred between Keene and Alvarado.
May 2011HailKeene-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindKeene-no account filed
March 2000HailKeene-no account filed
April 1995HailKeene-no account filed
April 1995HailKeene-no account filed
October 1994HailKeene-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Egan4.1 miles16
Marystown4.4 miles16
Cleburne4.8 miles16
Oak Hill4.9 miles17
Sand Flat5.4 miles17
Joshua5.6 miles16
Alvarado6.0 miles16
Cuba6.4 miles17

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 KeeneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q976576The 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 1338981. 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.