Lorena, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Moody-Lorena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76655. The Survey maps it on the Lorena quadrangle. 1,785 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLorena grew from 1,433 to 1,785 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 | 1,433 | |
| 2010 | 1,691 | +258 (+18%) |
| 2020 | 1,785 | +94 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Lorena quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Lorena between 2011 and 2020, burning about 710 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNATTENDED CONTROLLED BURN |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2617 NEW WINDSOR PKWY |
| 25 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL GRASS FIRE |
| 13 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VIOLATION OF BURN BAN |
| 8 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WARREN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lorena in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 29 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorena | $100,000 | Two neighboring properties were damaged by winds between Lorena and Moody. On one property, the porch of the home was damaged and a 30x40 metal barn with a steel frame was demolished. On the second property the roof was torn off a barndominium. Large trees were also damaged on both properties. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Lorena | $75,000 | A tornado developed just west of Box Ranch Road and moved west-southwest to just west of Mackey Ranch Road where a mobile home was destroyed. The tornado also uprooted numerous large trees along its path. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorena | $50,000 | Two barns were blown over by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Lorena | $40,000 | Picture of larger than baseball (approx. 3.25-3.5 inch) hail in Lorena. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Lorena | $30,000 | Interstate 35 south of Moonlight Drive in the Lorena area was closed due to high water. Some cars were partially submerged on the interstate. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Lorena | $30,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail fell in Lorena. Cars were damaged in the city. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorena | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Lorena | $5,000 | Half dollar to golf ball sized hail was reported along with significant wind damage. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Lorena | $5,000 | Golfball size hail fell in Lorena. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorena | $2,500 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a roof, blew down a chimney, and uprooted trees. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorena | $2,000 | no account filed |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorena | $1,500 | Large tress were uprooted, a large grill was moved, and a wind turbin was ripped off a home 2 miles west of Lorena. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Lorena | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to estimated dime/penny size south of Lorena, TX. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Lorena | - | Public reported quarter to half dollar size hail south of Lorena. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Lorena | - | A trained spotter reported up to quarter size hail south of Lorena. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Lorena | - | A trained spotter reported penny sized hail in the city of Lorena, TX. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Lorena | - | A public report indicated half-dollar sized hail approximately 2 miles south-southwest of the city of Lorena, TX. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Lorena | - | Lots of penny size hail was reported in Lorena. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Lorena | - | Nickel size hail fell in Lorena. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Lorena | - | Flooding on Interstate 35 at mile markers 318 and 322. |
| January 1994 | Hail | Lorena | - | One-inch hail was reported at the University of Baylor campus. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Lorena | - | A house under construction was collapsed by thunderstorm winds, trapping two men in the debris. Both were injured. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorena | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lorena | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bruceville | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Levi | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hewitt | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bruceville-Eddy | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ritchie | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Rosenthal | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Atco | 6.6 miles | 16 |
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 Lorena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981749 | 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 1361796. 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.




