Kingwood, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77339. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maedan quadrangle. 81,692 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 48 feet above sea level.
On record in Kingwood
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
State Highway 35 Bridge at the West Fork of the San Jacinto Riverlisted 1996 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Weeden quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Maedan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Maedan quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Maedan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Kingwood between 1993 and 2020, burning about 687 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E12 |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 372 |
| 27 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 38 |
| 2 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAST HAMMOND |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E101 |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E102 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E101 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kingwood: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humble Dome Prospect | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Anhydrite, Gypsum, Halite | |
| Vestal Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Fred Dredge & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yancy Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingwood in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Kingwood | 1 killed | Numerous roads flooded and impassable. A flat roof collapsed due to weight of water near Aldine. Drowning victim found submerged near Mount Houston Road SW of Aldine. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingwood | $30,000 | Numerous large trees downed and several homes damaged. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingwood | $25,000 | Trees down. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kingwood | $15,000 | Dime sized hail at US 59 and Aldine-Bender. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingwood | $15,000 | Trees down. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Kingwood | $15,000 | A cold front moving across southeast Texas spawned a line of thunderstorms which moved across the eastern half of the area during the evening of April 7th. Dime to golfball sized hail was reported in several locations with a couple of reports of wind damage. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingwood | $15,000 | Trees down at intersection of Northpark and E. Lake Houston. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingwood | $10,000 | Large trees uprooted. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kingwood | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Kingwood | $7,000 | Street flooding in and around Kingwood. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Kingwood | $5,000 | Penny-size hail reported (Key Map 295X) |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingwood | $5,000 | Trees blown down. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Kingwood | $3,000 | An underpass was flooded along Interstate 69 South near East Mount Houston Rd, resulting in at least one stalled vehicle. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingwood | $3,000 | There were tree limbs and power lines downed in the Kings Mill subdivision. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Kingwood | - | Storm chaser shared video on social media showing ponding on I-69 frontage road. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Kingwood | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Kingwood | - | Standing water was reported on the I-69 frontage Rd near Kingwood. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Kingwood | - | Roof collapse due to weight of flood waters at post office facility. Also numerous roads flooded in the Aldine area. |
| September 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Kingwood | - | The rope like funnel cloud was spotted at the intersection of East Mount Houston and Homestead Roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Cat Ridge | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Riverside Crest | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| North Shore | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Belleau Wood | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Kenswick | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Humble | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Moonshine Hill | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Bordersville | 2.8 miles | 15 |
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 Kingwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6413808 | 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 1385469. 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.







