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Navasota, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Navasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77868. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Navasota quadrangle. 7,643 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 217 feet above sea level.

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Navasota within Grimes County

On record in Navasota

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Navasota grew from 7,049 to 7,643 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
20107,049
20207,643+594 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

55 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Navasota between 1995 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service25300 STATE HIGHWAY 6 SOUTH
6 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUHAUL FIRE
26 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOMETA RANCH
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 415
25 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceILLEGAL BURN NFD ASSIST CR415
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grimes County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Navasota: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Navasota PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grimes County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Navasota in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindNavasota$100,000Strong damaging winds and wind gusts were observed across a large part of Grimes County in association with a large line of severe thunderstorms. The National Weather Service accompanied by the Grimes County emergency manager conducted a storm survey and found several areas with trees uprooted or snapped. In each case, trees were pushed down to the east or northeast and generally in the same direction as nearby damage. All observed damage was consistent with straight line downburst winds. A parked tractor trailer was blown over between Navasota and|Anderson along Highway 90. A hay barn was destroyed near the intersection of CR 211 and CR 215, about 3 miles ESE of Anderson, with debris blown toward the east. There were also trees down in Roans Prairie and Richards, again pointing eastward.|Some of the more significant damage occurred near the town of Shiro where several large trees were uprooted, some of which fell onto mobile homes. No injuries were reported. Other damage was observed in Navasota where trees and power lines were downed and doors were blown off at a fire station. In the Roans Prairie area, there was sign damage at a gas station, and trees were also downed.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNavasota$60,000Ticket booth at Navasota Raceway destroyed and prison barns sustained wind damage.
June 2004Flash FloodNavasota$35,000Flooding across Navasota.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindNavasota$30,000A few fences were knocked over and a metal roof was peeled off a feed store.
May 2000HailNavasota$25,000Quarter sized hail along SH 6.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindNavasota$25,000Numerous trees and power lines down and cattle feeder damaged at ranch.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindNavasota$10,000Barn destroyed.
June 1998HailNavasota$10,000Hail on FM 159.
December 1997HailNavasota$10,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindNavasota$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew the metal roof off of a building in Navasota. Time of occurrence was estimated based on radar.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindNavasota$5,000Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down across the city.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindNavasota$5,000no account filed
December 1997Thunderstorm WindNavasota$3,000Spotter reported 60 mph winds.
February 2012Flash FloodNavasota$2,000FM 3090 was blocked due to high water.
April 2009Flash FloodNavasota$2,000Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding in and around the community of Navasota.
August 1998Flash FloodNavasota$2,000Street flooding in Navasota.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindNavasota$1,000Trees blown down southeast of Navasota.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindNavasota-A trained storm spotter measured a 60 mph wind gusts from their personal weather station.
April 2020HailNavasota-Golf ball sized hail (some disc shaped) was reported.
August 2017Flash FloodNavasota-Flooding inundated roadways in Navasota. Road 515 at Highway 105 was covered with flood waters and impassable.
April 2008HailNavasota-Penny size hail reported at the Office of Emergency Management in Navasota.
June 2003Funnel CloudNavasota-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grimes 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
Erwin6.9 miles10
Lynn Grove7.7 miles10
Yarboro7.8 miles10
Whitehall8.5 miles10
Courtney8.5 miles10
Anderson8.7 miles11
Piedmont9.2 miles10
Stoneham9.8 miles10

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 NavasotaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q978251The 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 1375099. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.