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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.

Magnolia within Montgomery County

Population over time

2 figures

Magnolia 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,393
20202,359+966 (+69%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

113 since 1992

Regional 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 burning75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 199
8 September 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2004Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 40
29 September 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

23 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1998Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$250,000Numerous 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 2000HailMagnolia$100,000no account filed
April 2004HailMagnolia$75,000Softball-size hail reported in the Turtle Creek subdivision (Key Map 212 - 213).
May 2000Flash FloodMagnolia$50,000no account filed
December 2002Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$20,000Roof damage, power lines down and more than fifty trees down in and around Indigo Lake Estates.
August 2004HailMagnolia$15,0003/4 inch hail in Magnolia.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$15,000Tree down on power lines.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$15,000Trees and power lines down
June 2005HailMagnolia$12,000Golf ball size hail.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$10,000There was nickel sized hail, and tree limbs and fences were downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$10,000Winds blew down several trees and damaged a few lawn decorations in residential subdivision.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$8,000Numerous 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 2006Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$6,000Trailer damage east of FM 1488 in the town of Magnolia.
March 2003HailMagnolia$6,000no account filed
May 2018LightningMagnolia$5,000A lightning strike caused a fire at a home.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$5,000Tree down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMagnolia$5,000Powerlines blown down on FM 2978.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMagnolia-Numerous large tree limbs were downed across the Magnolia area.
April 2020HailMagnolia-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMagnolia-A tree was downed across power lines.
April 2015HailMagnolia-Quarter sized hail was reported on FM 1488.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMagnolia-Trees were downed near the intersection of FM 1774 and FM 1488.
June 2005Funnel CloudMagnolia-Sighted 2 miles east of Stagecoach.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Mostyn3.5 miles11
Karen4.2 miles12
Pinehurst4.5 miles11
Stagecoach4.8 miles11
Ventura5.0 miles11
Decker Prairie7.5 miles11
Gary8.3 miles12
Oklahoma9.1 miles13

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 MagnoliaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q976159The 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.