Needville, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Needville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77461. The Survey maps it on the Needville quadrangle. 3,089 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 89 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNeedville grew from 2,823 to 3,089 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 | 2,823 | |
| 2020 | 3,089 | +266 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Needville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Needville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 674 acres in total. None 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 burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEGAN DRIVE |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEEDVILLE |
| 26 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HURTA ROAD |
| 13 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HURTA ROAD |
| 12 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JANDA ROAD |
| 13 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 36 SOUTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Needville in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Needville | 1 killed, $15,000 | A 56 year old male driver of a vehicle drowned when he lost control on a water covered roadway on FM 1462 near the Fort Bend-Brazoria County line. The vehicle overturned and landed upside down in a deep ditch filled with water. The victim was discovered after 6 AM. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Needville | 1 killed | Man struck and killed by lightning in rice field along FM 442. |
| September 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Needville | 3 hurt, $100,000 | Tornado injured three when mobile home was destroyed; numerous trees down too. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | $200,000 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Needville | $50,000 | Tennis ball sized hail caused some damage to homes across Needville. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | $50,000 | Horse trailers overturned and shed destroyed. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | $45,000 | Couple of trees downed in and around Needville, one down on Violet Street and another at the SPJST Hall. Minor structural damage at Needville City Hall and tin roof damage to a business just north of Needville. Damage also reported to a rice dryer. A bank across Highway 36 received minor damage from the rice dryer's debris. |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Needville | $15,000 | Trees down in Needville. Trees and powerlines down across eastern portions of the county. |
| April 1997 | Flash Flood | Needville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Needville | $10,000 | A light pole was broken in half after being struck by lightning. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | $10,000 | Trees blown down and damage to a mobile home. |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Needville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | $5,000 | A barn roof blown off in Needville off of Paden Road. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | $5,000 | Power pole snapped. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Needville | $5,000 | Hail covering 90% of the ground. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Needville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Needville | $4,000 | Public reported golfball sized hail. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | $2,000 | Tree damage due to high wind around the town of Needville. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Needville | $2,000 | Tornado at FM 360 and Old Needville-Fairchilds Road caused little damage. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | $2,000 | Strong wind gusts downed some trees. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Needville | $1,000 | Penny-size hail. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Needville | - | There was widespread tennis ball sized hail neat the intersection of Highway 36 and School Street. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Needville | - | Baseball sized hail was reported via mPing. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | - | Numerous power lines were downed between Beasley and Needville. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Needville | - | Numerous large trees were downed. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Needville | - | The half dollar size hail was reported in Needville. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Needville | - | Numerous reports of dime to penny sized hail in the Needville area. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Needville | - | A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball sized hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Needville | - | Penny size hail was observed in the town of Needville. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Needville | - | Penny to quarter-size hail. |
| July 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Needville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairchilds | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Guy | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Long Point | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mooredale | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pleak | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Beasley | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kendleton | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Whaley Corner | 9.3 miles | 10 |
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 Needville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q980838 | 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 1342402. 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.




