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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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
Foster Houselisted 1980
P. A. Smith Hotellisted 1976
Steele Houselisted 1978- Navasota Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresNavasota 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,049 | |
| 2020 | 7,643 | +594 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1914 USGS Navasota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Navasota quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1995Regional 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 burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 25300 STATE HIGHWAY 6 SOUTH |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UHAUL FIRE |
| 26 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOMETA RANCH |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 415 |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILLEGAL BURN NFD ASSIST CR415 |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Navasota Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $100,000 | Strong 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $60,000 | Ticket booth at Navasota Raceway destroyed and prison barns sustained wind damage. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Navasota | $35,000 | Flooding across Navasota. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $30,000 | A few fences were knocked over and a metal roof was peeled off a feed store. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Navasota | $25,000 | Quarter sized hail along SH 6. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down and cattle feeder damaged at ranch. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $10,000 | Barn destroyed. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Navasota | $10,000 | Hail on FM 159. |
| December 1997 | Hail | Navasota | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew the metal roof off of a building in Navasota. Time of occurrence was estimated based on radar. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $5,000 | Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down across the city. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $3,000 | Spotter reported 60 mph winds. |
| February 2012 | Flash Flood | Navasota | $2,000 | FM 3090 was blocked due to high water. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Navasota | $2,000 | Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding in and around the community of Navasota. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Navasota | $2,000 | Street flooding in Navasota. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | $1,000 | Trees blown down southeast of Navasota. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Navasota | - | A trained storm spotter measured a 60 mph wind gusts from their personal weather station. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Navasota | - | Golf ball sized hail (some disc shaped) was reported. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Navasota | - | Flooding inundated roadways in Navasota. Road 515 at Highway 105 was covered with flood waters and impassable. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Navasota | - | Penny size hail reported at the Office of Emergency Management in Navasota. |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Navasota | - | 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.
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 Navasota | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q978251 | 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 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.



