Kemp, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75143. The Survey maps it on the Kemp quadrangle. 1,129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresKemp fell from 1,133 to 1,129 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,133 | |
| 2010 | 1,154 | +21 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 1,129 | -25 (-2%) |
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.
- 1920 USGS Kemp quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Kemp quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kemp quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
169 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Kemp between 2005 and 2020, burning about 739 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 74 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Smoking | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JIBA |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAIRY QUEEN |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-388 |
| 29 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4031 |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kemp in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $100,000 | Straight line winds blew out windows on 6 cars at the Kemp ISD Administration Building, damaged buildings and downed power poles and large trees up to 4 feet in diameter. Several large trees were snapped at the cemetery. At Kemp High School, the air conditioning units on the roof were damaged and the ceiling was torn off the band hall. The power was knocked out in several places in Kemp. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $50,000 | Roof damage occurred at several schools. Trees were also blown down in the area. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $25,000 | Emergency management reported several trees down near the city of Becker, including one that fell on a house. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $15,000 | ,,,,,,,,Hail (0.88) Several roofs were damaged by high winds. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $15,000 | ,,,,,,,,Hail (0.88) High winds caused roof damage to several homes. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $10,000 | A barn was damaged by high winds, a mobile home was partially moved from its foundation, and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $8,000 | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $5,000 | Emergency management reported power lines and some power poles down across roads. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Kemp | $5,000 | Golf ball-size hail reported in town. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $5,000 | High thunderstorm winds caused damage to the roofs of a few homes. Trees were blown down onto cars and mobile homes. Other trees and power lines were also blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down, and a storage shed was unroofed. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down by high winds. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Kemp | $2,000 | Several roads east of Kemp were flooded and closed. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Kemp | - | Amateur radio reported that Cedar Creek is out of its banks and flowing over FM 4017 in Kaufman County, TX. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Kemp | - | Kemp Public Schools reported quarter sized hail along Highway 175. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Kemp | - | Highway 279, CR 4044 and CR 4042 were closed and barricaded. Numerous high water rescues were required. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | - | Large tree limbs were blown down by high winds. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Kemp | - | A barn was damaged by high winds, a mobile home was partially moved from its foundation, and power lines were blown down. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Kemp | - | Several Farm-to-Market roads were flooded. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becker | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Stubbs | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tolosa | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lively | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Jiba | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Grays Prairie | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Prairieville | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rand | 7.2 miles | 10 |
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 Kemp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q970351 | 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 1339022. 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.





