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New Waverly, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the New Waverly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77358. The Survey maps it on the New Waverly quadrangle. 914 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

New Waverly within Walker County

Population over time

2 figures

New Waverly fell from 1,032 to 914 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
20101,032
2020914-118 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of New Waverly between 1992 and 2018, burning about 794 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 832
29 September 1994Debris and open burning6.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In Texasnot named
27 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 932
23 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 204
22 September 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

23 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Waverly in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 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
August 2009Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly2 hurt, $7,000Trees were downed across SH 150 East near Rogers Road. One tree feel upon a vehicle, trapping and injuring two occupants.
May 2024FloodNew Waverly$670,000Flooding from numerous heavy rain events in April and early May led to significant damage.
January 1998Tornado (F1)New Waverly$200,000Tornado continued from the Montgomery/Walker County line moving to the east-northeast through Sam Houston National Forest. This tornado snapped numerous trees along its path, some 18 inches in diameter. Timber loss was estimated at $200,000. Most significant number of trees down along FR 208 & 208A. In addition to downed trees, numerous camping shelters were destroyed in Huntsville State Park causing that area of the forest to be closed to campers for weeks.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly$150,000Large tree blown onto home. Roof blown off home and barns damaged in area.
April 1999Tornado (F0)New Waverly$25,000Tornado 4 miles north of New Waverly. Trees down along US 75 and the highway was closed.
April 1999HailNew Waverly$15,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly$13,000A tree was blown down on top of a mobile home located on Fisher Street. Two people were rescued from the home with no reported injuries.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly$10,000Trees down at FM 1791 near Highway 30.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly$5,000Trees blown down at FM 1374.
December 1997Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly$5,000Trees blown onto powerlines.
April 1997HailNew Waverly$5,000no account filed
June 2008HailNew Waverly$4,000Penny size hail was observed near the intersection of FM 2296 and Highway 75N.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly$3,000Reports of trees down.
April 1998HailNew Waverly$3,000no account filed
November 2006Flash FloodNew Waverly$2,000Two road closures (150E and FM 1375 at Chicken Creek) due to heavy rainfall.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly-Emergency manager reported structure damage from downed tree along Tafelski Rd. near SH 75 in New Waverly, TX.
April 2020HailNew Waverly-Half dollar sized hail was reported.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly-Trees were downed and were blocking Highway 75.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly-Numerous trees were reported downed in the area.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly-Pine trees were reported down on County Road 105.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Waverly-A tree was reported down in the Highway 75 and the FM 1375 area.
May 2008Funnel CloudNew Waverly-The funnel cloud was sighted between the town of New Waverly and Interstate 45.
August 2012HailNew Waverly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walker 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
Elmina1.6 miles13
Moore Grove4.0 miles13
Hawthorne4.7 miles13
Barado6.0 miles13
Bath8.4 miles13
Pine Valley8.6 miles13
Pine Hill10.7 miles14
Phelps11.1 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 New WaverlyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q521905The 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 1363803. 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.