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.
Population over time
2 figuresNew 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,032 | |
| 2020 | 914 | -118 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Waverly quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS New Waverly quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 832 |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 27 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 932 |
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 204 |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | 2 hurt, $7,000 | Trees were downed across SH 150 East near Rogers Road. One tree feel upon a vehicle, trapping and injuring two occupants. |
| May 2024 | Flood | New Waverly | $670,000 | Flooding from numerous heavy rain events in April and early May led to significant damage. |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F1) | New Waverly | $200,000 | Tornado 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | $150,000 | Large tree blown onto home. Roof blown off home and barns damaged in area. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | New Waverly | $25,000 | Tornado 4 miles north of New Waverly. Trees down along US 75 and the highway was closed. |
| April 1999 | Hail | New Waverly | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | $13,000 | A 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | $10,000 | Trees down at FM 1791 near Highway 30. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | $5,000 | Trees blown down at FM 1374. |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | $5,000 | Trees blown onto powerlines. |
| April 1997 | Hail | New Waverly | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | New Waverly | $4,000 | Penny size hail was observed near the intersection of FM 2296 and Highway 75N. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | $3,000 | Reports of trees down. |
| April 1998 | Hail | New Waverly | $3,000 | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Flash Flood | New Waverly | $2,000 | Two road closures (150E and FM 1375 at Chicken Creek) due to heavy rainfall. |
| October 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | - | Emergency manager reported structure damage from downed tree along Tafelski Rd. near SH 75 in New Waverly, TX. |
| April 2020 | Hail | New Waverly | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | - | Trees were downed and were blocking Highway 75. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | - | Numerous trees were reported downed in the area. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | - | Pine trees were reported down on County Road 105. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly | - | A tree was reported down in the Highway 75 and the FM 1375 area. |
| May 2008 | Funnel Cloud | New Waverly | - | The funnel cloud was sighted between the town of New Waverly and Interstate 45. |
| August 2012 | Hail | New Waverly | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmina | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Moore Grove | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hawthorne | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Barado | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bath | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Valley | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Hill | 10.7 miles | 14 | |
| Phelps | 11.1 miles | 13 |
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 Waverly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q521905 | 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 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.





