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McGregor, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the McGregor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76657. The Survey maps it on the McGregor quadrangle. 5,321 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.

McGregor within McLennan County

On record in McGregor

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

McGregor grew from 4,987 to 5,321 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
20104,987
20205,321+334 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

56 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of McGregor between 2006 and 2020, burning about 525 acres in total. 3 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJOHNSON DR. COMMAND
6 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEW WINDSOR PARKWAY SPEEGLEVILLE
26 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7TH ST. COMMAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McGregor in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindMcgregor3 hurt, $60,000A house was damaged in McGregor. Two people were treated for injuries.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Mcgregor1 hurt, $50,000A brief tornado touched down in the middle of a baseball game, pushing over a dumpster and causing damage to trees and light poles. A woman was thrown against a fence and had to be taken to the hospital. Many spectators at the ballfield saw the tornado, and had to hold the bleachers down so they would not be picked up. Large tree limbs fell on nearby power lines, causing a power outage in the area for about five hours. Another limb shattered a truck windshield. Nearby residents reported that the tornado also threw a heavyweight lifting bench weighing 150 lbs across a yard and damaged a garage door.
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Mcgregor$500,000The back half of a rodeo arena was destroyed. The building was made out of metal.
March 2007Flash FloodMcgregor$40,000Widespread flooding across the county with up to three feet of water across roads and yards. Forty people were forced from their homes.
July 2025Flash FloodMcgregor$10,000Emergency management reported a swift water rescue in the 1100 block of Indian Trail at a low water crossing, just southeast of McGregor.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindMcgregor$10,000Damage occurred in McGregor around the High School and in areas to the north-northeast. Some track equipment was tossed at the high school stadium and a scoreboard was toppled. Large tree limbs were also snapped off trees. In addition, fences and power lines were down, and at least one metal carport crumpled.
April 2018HailMcgregor$10,000A TV meteorologist submitted a photograph of 3 inch hail, which occurred along Highway 317 between the cities of Crawford and McGregor, TX.
June 2025Flash FloodMcgregor$5,000EM reported a swift water rescue in a low water crossing near Indian trail and South Loop Drive southeast of McGregor.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMcgregor$5,000Large trees and power lines were blown down due to strong thunderstorm winds in McGregor.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMcgregor$2,000Tree limbs from 12-14 diameter trees were knocked down in McGregor.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindMcgregor$2,000Trees uprooted.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindMcgregor$1,000Emergency management reported tree damage along with an estimated 50 MPH wind gust near McGregor, TX.
July 2025Flash FloodMcgregor-McGregor Fire Department was dispatched to a swift water rescue at the South Bosque River crossing on Indian Trail just southeast of McGregor.
April 2023HailMcgregor-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail on the south side of McGregor, TX.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindMcgregor-Video footage at the SpaceX facility captured a microburst with objects flying in the wind, and a tree was broken nearby.
April 2021HailMcgregor-Emergency management reported quarter sized hail between 2 and 3 miles east-northeast of the city of McGregor, TX.
April 2021HailMcgregor-A public report indicated dime-sized hail just east of the city of McGregor, TX.
April 2020HailMcgregor-A public report indicated dime sized hail 2 miles west of McGregor, TX.
April 2020HailMcgregor-A member of the broadcast media reported quarter sized hail in the city of McGregor, TX.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindMcgregor-A 64 MPH wind gust was measured in McGregor, TX.
November 2016Flash FloodMcgregor-Broadcast media reported that water was running over Mother Neff Parkway at Ag Farm Road.
October 2013HailMcgregor-Quarter sized hail was reported 1 mile north of McGregor.
February 2011HailMcgregor-Dime size hail was reported in McGregor.
February 2011HailMcgregor-Penny to nickel size hail was reported on Hwy 317, approximately 1.8 miles southeast of Hwy 84, near the town of McGregor.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMcgregor-A large tree was uprooted by a thunderstorm wind gust in McGregor. Numerous power outages were also reported around the city.
May 2007Flash FloodMcgregor-Old Mexia Road and Hog Creek Road were both closed due to flooding.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindMcgregor-Lightning struck a house and caused a fire.
September 1995HailMcgregor-Lightning struck a house and caused a fire.
April 1995HailMcGregor-Low water crossings on Highway 84 between Waco and McGregor were flooded.
January 1994HailMcGregor-One-inch hail was reported at the University of Baylor campus.
April 2021HailMcgregor-no account filed
March 2007HailMcgregor-no account filed
April 1995HailMcGregor-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindMcGregor-no account filed
April 1995HailMcGregor-no account filed
April 1995HailMcGregor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Windsor6.5 miles19
Crawford6.5 miles16
South Bosque6.9 miles16
Highland7.0 miles19
Spring Valley7.0 miles16
Ocee8.2 miles19
Atco9.0 miles16
Willow Grove9.5 miles19

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 McGregorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q969257The 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 1362469. 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.