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.
Population over time
2 figuresKeene 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,106 | |
| 2020 | 6,387 | +281 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Keene quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PECAN VALLEY FIRE |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 3136 FIRE |
| 8 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 425A FIRE |
| 24 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MESQUITE FIRE |
| 6 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKIN ROBIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Charlie Phillips Pit | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Lightning | Keene | $65,000 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Keene | $50,000 | A small and narrow tornado damaged mostly trees and caused minor roof damage north of Keene. Maximum wind speeds are estimated at 80 mph. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Keene | $25,000 | Golf ball to baseball size hail fell in town, causing damage to numerous privately-owned and city-owned vehicles, as well as mobile homes. |
| September 2009 | Lightning | Keene | $20,000 | Lightning 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | $5,000 | Power lines blown down. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down 2 foot diameter trees on FM 2280 north of Keene. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | $1,000 | Emergency management reported that County Road 807 was closed due to downed trees. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | $500 | A trained spotter reported a 64 mph wind gust in Keene. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Keene | - | A trained spotter reported flooded and impassable low water crossings near and north of Keene. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Keene | - | Amateur radio reported half-dollar sized hail in Keene, TX. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Keene | - | A brief tornado touchdown occurred between Keene and Alvarado. |
| October 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Keene | - | A brief tornado touchdown occurred between Keene and Alvarado. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keene | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Keene | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Keene | - | 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.
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 Keene | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q976576 | 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 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.





