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Oak Ridge North, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77385. The Survey maps it on the Tamina quadrangle. 3,057 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

Oak Ridge North within Montgomery County

Population over time

3 figures

Oak Ridge North grew from 2,991 to 3,057 between 2000 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
20002,991
20103,049+58 (+2%)
20203,057+8 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Oak Ridge North between 1992 and 2020, burning about 642 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 16 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 burning96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Fireworks3

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 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAYFORD RIDGE
6 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined77 acresLivingston AreaTAMINA FIRE
30 September 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1993Arson/incendiarism30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oak Ridge North: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Bullet Concrete Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sandco Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Sand and Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

16 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Ridge North in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 10 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
December 2024Tornado (EF3)Oak Ridge North10 hurtA storm spotter initially reported extensive damage from a tornado along FM 1485. They reported mobile homes were heavily damaged or destroyed in the area. A brick home had its roof completely removed. They also reported that the east Montgomery Fire Department was hit, with its bay doors blown in and metal roof peeled back. Texas SOC initial assessments indicated 80 homes with major damage in the Porter Heights area with 10 patients transported to local hospitals. ||The survey team had reported extensive damage across portions of Montgomery county. The damage path began in the Porter Heights area, with numerous homes and buildings damaged or destroyed. The path continue northeast all the way to the Splendora Junior High School, where light damage was found in neighboring areas with a clear damage path indicating where the tornado crossed the highway. ||In the end, the survey team concluded that this was a large tornado that reached EF3 strength, with damage in Porter Heights indicating peak wind speeds of 140 mph. Majority of the damage track was high end EF1 or low end EF2 damage.
July 2012FloodOak Ridge North$2,000,000Water was reported in 71 homes in Harris County and 234 homes in Montgomery County. Spring, Willow and Little Cypress Creek watersheds were flooded.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge North$25,000Sheriff's office reported a fireworks stand was leveled and tops were torn off trees.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge North$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Fox Run and Legends Run subdivisions. One tree fell on and damaged a home.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge North$7,000There was wind damage to a home on Gamewood Drive.
March 2001HailOak Ridge North$5,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge North$3,000A tree fell on a school bus and fences were downed near the intersection of Elan Blvd. and Birnham Woods Drive.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge North$1,000Trees were downed and fences were damaged near the intersection of Imperial Promenade Drive and Highway 99.
October 2021Tornado (EF0)Oak Ridge North$500A brief EF-0 tornado was observed near Grand Oaks High School in Spring. Based on video, it appeared to briefly touch down in a field. A flipped over soccer goal was the only evident damage for the very short lived weak tornado.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge North-Law enforcement reported debris and downed power lines near Rayford and Geneva Rd.
April 2021HailOak Ridge North-A member of the public reported hail with a diameter of approximately nickel size.
April 2021HailOak Ridge North-A member of the public reported hail with a diameter of approximately nickel size.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge North-Trees were downed in the Spring area.
September 2019Flash FloodOak Ridge North-There were reports of flooded vehicles in the Chateau Woods area east of the Woodlands.
January 2017Tornado (EF0)Oak Ridge North-This weak tornado caused minor damage. A door window in a store was broken, and loose debris was thrown about. A large tree was snapped, but there was no damage to surrounding trees or structures. A funnel cloud was observed in the area.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindOak Ridge North-Large trees downed near the intersection of Rayford Road and Spring Forest Drive.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Chateau Woods1.3 miles13
Tamina1.3 miles13
Shenandoah1.5 miles13
Sleepy Hollow2.4 miles13
The Woodlands2.4 miles13
Rayford2.4 miles13
Johnson2.9 miles13
Spring Hills3.0 miles18

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 Oak Ridge NorthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q978039The 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 1388600. 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.