Magnolia, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Magnolia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77355. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia West quadrangle. 2,359 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 269 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMagnolia grew from 1,393 to 2,359 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 | 1,393 | |
| 2020 | 2,359 | +966 (+69%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Magnolia West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,208 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 199 |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 40 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 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 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magnolia in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $250,000 | Numerous reports of wind damage across the western half of the county (mainly west of I-45). Magnolia, Montgomery, Artesian Forest, Willis, Bentwater, and Conroe all sustained damage. Most extensive damage was in Artesian Forest which is just west of Conroe where many homes sustained major structural damage. Winds were estimated at 80 mph in Magnolia. Wind damage to the County Fairgrounds in Conroe. Three businesses (Touch of Class, Mrs. Bairds Thrift shop and Auto Pro) were all destroyed in the Conroe area at HWY 75 & Hildred Ave. Highway signs blown down along I-45 between Conroe and Willis. Wolf Nursery greenhouse damaged at I-45 & HWY 105. Widespread trees down in the Grangerland area along FM 3083. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Magnolia | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Magnolia | $75,000 | Softball-size hail reported in the Turtle Creek subdivision (Key Map 212 - 213). |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Magnolia | $50,000 | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $20,000 | Roof damage, power lines down and more than fifty trees down in and around Indigo Lake Estates. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Magnolia | $15,000 | 3/4 inch hail in Magnolia. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $15,000 | Tree down on power lines. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $15,000 | Trees and power lines down |
| June 2005 | Hail | Magnolia | $12,000 | Golf ball size hail. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $10,000 | There was nickel sized hail, and tree limbs and fences were downed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $10,000 | Winds blew down several trees and damaged a few lawn decorations in residential subdivision. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $8,000 | Numerous trees blown down blocking Old Houston Road between FM 1314 and Country Village. One of downed trees landed on top of a truck traveling down FM 1486 near FM 1774. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $6,000 | Trailer damage east of FM 1488 in the town of Magnolia. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Magnolia | $6,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Lightning | Magnolia | $5,000 | A lightning strike caused a fire at a home. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $5,000 | Tree down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | $5,000 | Powerlines blown down on FM 2978. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | Numerous large tree limbs were downed across the Magnolia area. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Magnolia | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | A tree was downed across power lines. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Magnolia | - | Quarter sized hail was reported on FM 1488. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | Trees were downed near the intersection of FM 1774 and FM 1488. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Magnolia | - | Sighted 2 miles east of Stagecoach. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostyn | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Karen | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pinehurst | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Stagecoach | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ventura | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Decker Prairie | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Gary | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Oklahoma | 9.1 miles | 13 |
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 Magnolia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q976159 | 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 1340838. 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.




