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Laguna Park, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76634. It sits by Sosebees Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Park quadrangle. 1,372 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 528 feet above sea level.

Laguna Park within Bosque County

Population over time

2 figures

Laguna Park grew from 1,276 to 1,372 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
20101,276
20201,372+96 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

138 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Laguna Park between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,691 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBCSO
8 September 2011Natural580 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAM FIRE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service444 CR 2101
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOON CREEK
3 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution958 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR RIDGE FIRE
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE HWY 22
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE HWY 22
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE HWY 22

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bosque County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Laguna Park: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Oalstrom PitLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Bosque County

Storms near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laguna Park in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
May 2000Tornado (F3)Laguna Park2 killed, $3,000,000A tornado formed over the central part of Lake Whitney at approximately 1610 CST. The tornado moved south and dissipated near the dam at 1625 CST. The tornado caused two deaths, both of which occurred in the same home, but no other injuries. The most significant damaged occurred at the Lakewood Harbor Subdivision, three miles northwest of the Dam, around 1615 CST. 38 homes were destroyed and 27 others were damaged.
June 2023HailLaguna Park$100,000Amateur radio reported two-inch diameter hail on FM 56 just south of Laguna Park.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindLaguna Park$100,000A NWS survey confirmed straight line winds up to 80 MPH caused signifacant damage in Laguna Park. Evidence of wind damage began west of town and continued to east of the airstrip. At the beginning of the damage track, an inside wall was knocked down in a business and metal roof paneling was torn off the structure. In town, numerous homes sustained minor damage, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, and an airplane hanger was flattened. Storm spotters in Laguna Park reported that their truck was lifted several feet off the ground by the high winds.
May 2020HailLaguna Park$20,000A trained spotter reported hail up to golf ball size in the Laguna Park area.
January 2017Tornado (EF0)Laguna Park$10,000A National Weather Service storm survey crew found evidence of a tornado which began in Bosque County northwest of Laguna Park, and ended in Hill County. In Bosque County, the tornado produced EF-0 damage, with damage to trees. In Hill County, approximately 80 homes had some damage, mostly shingle damage on roofs. However, about 10 manufactured homes suffered major damage, with roof and window damage. One older home lost most of its roof and walls, after a tree fell on the home.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindLaguna Park$5,000Emergency management reported that trees were uprooted neat Lake Whitney; wind speeds were estimated between 70 and 80 MPH.
October 2014HailLaguna Park$5,000Golf ball sized hail was reported by broadcast media 3.45 miles South of Laguna Park, TX.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindLaguna Park$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLaguna Park$2,000Emergency management reported damage to a barn.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindLaguna Park$2,000Large trees were blown down by high winds.
May 2024Flash FloodLaguna Park-Emergency management reported road closings on CR 1743 due to water over bridges.
May 2020HailLaguna Park-Ping pong ball size hail was reported at the Harbor Resort near Lake Whitney.
March 2018HailLaguna Park-A storm chaser reported quarter-sized hail near the intersection of Highway 22 and County Road 2960.
April 2018HailLaguna Park-Emergency Management reported quarter sized hail at Laguna Park.
April 2018HailLaguna Park-A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail approximately 2 miles west of the community of Laguna Park, TX.
April 2017Flash FloodLaguna Park-Emergency management reported flash flooding on FM 2114 near FM 2490.
June 2009HailLaguna Park-Nickel size hail fell near Laguna Park.
April 2007HailLaguna Park-Reported at State Highway 22 near Laguna Park.
June 2000Flash FloodLaguna Park-Heavy thunderstorm rain brought water over F.M. 2841 in Walling Bend.
May 1995HailLaguna Park-Trees were blown down by high winds.
May 1995HailLaguna Park-Trees were blown down by high winds.
May 1994HailLaguna Park-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2023HailLaguna Park-no account filed
September 2011HailLaguna Park-no account filed
May 2003HailLaguna Park-no account filed
September 1996HailLaguna Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bosque 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
Lakewood Harbor3.7 miles16
Smiths Bend4.5 miles16
Cedar Shores6.2 miles16
Womack6.4 miles15
Greenock6.7 miles16
Cayote7.5 miles15
Clifton11.7 miles12
Bosque11.9 miles12

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 Laguna ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982555The 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 1339468. 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.