Lovelady, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lovelady census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75851. The Survey maps it on the Lovelady North quadrangle. 570 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 299 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLovelady fell from 649 to 570 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 | 649 | |
| 2020 | 570 | -79 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lovelady North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Lovelady between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,054 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALLEY GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOUSTON 15:20 |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 367 |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-279 |
| 6 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lovelady in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Lovelady | 1 hurt, $120,000 | A tornado touched down in Lovelady near a mobile home area then tracked for just under a mile before lifting near Lovelady High School. The worst damage occurred to mobile homes near the start of the track. Two large trees were uprooted and fell onto one mobile home which sustained severe damage to the central part of the structure. This mobile home was moved off its foundation but remained upright. The resident was at home but suffered only minor injuries as she was not in the part of the home that was most severely damaged. Another single wide trailer adjacent to the first damaged mobile home was rolled off its foundation. A third trailer about 50 yards toward the north northeast had its roof peeled off. This damage was rated EF1. Minor damaged occurred at Lovelady High School where some ceiling panels were lifted off near an the entrance area and numerous large limbs were stripped off trees. This damage was rated EF0. |
| April 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Lovelady | $40,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | $35,000 | Trees and power lines down across southern parts of the county. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | $35,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | $25,000 | Numerous trees down. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | $15,000 | Strong winds moved through Lovelady damaging a bank. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lovelady | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | $10,000 | There were trees and power lines downed in and around Lovelady. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Lovelady | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lovelady | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lovelady | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lovelady | $3,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced hail up to golf ball size in Loveland. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | $3,000 | Reports of trees down along FM 230 in Lovelady. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lovelady | - | Penny sized hail was observed along FM 230. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | - | A tree was downed on Highway 19 just north of Lovelady. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Lovelady | - | SH 19 and FM 1280 were closed due to high flood waters covering the roadway. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | - | Multiple trees were blown down along FM 230 near Lovelady. |
| December 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Lovelady | - | The brief EF-0 was observed by law enforcement near the scene of the earlier EF-3 tornado along Highway 287. Some debris was lofted but there was little to no structural damage. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovelady | - | Trees were reported blown down in the town of Lovelady. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Lovelady | - | Flooding reported between the towns of Weldon and Lovelady. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lovelady | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Grove | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Center Grove | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lone Pine | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pearsons Chapel | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Holly | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sorghumville | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cut | 6.8 miles | 9 |
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 Lovelady | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974785 | 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 1361884. 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.




