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Orange Grove, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Orange Grove-Sandia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78372. The Survey maps it on the Orange Grove quadrangle. 1,165 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 194 feet above sea level.

Orange Grove within Jim Wells County

Population over time

2 figures

Orange Grove fell from 1,318 to 1,165 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
20101,318
20201,165-153 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys

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

232 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Orange Grove between 2007 and 2020, burning about 857 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined104
Debris and open burning95
Equipment and vehicle use24
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM624
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 624 AND CR 353
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 304
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service5 MILES WEST ON 624
23 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 359 AND 227
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service417 JENIFER LOOP
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENRY BARAJAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jim Wells County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orange Grove in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2014Thunderstorm WindOrange Grove$750,000NWS storm survey concluded that damaging straight line winds, estimated at 65 to 70 mph, impacted the town of Orange Grove. The damage path was 4.5 miles long and 3.2 miles wide. Approximately 500-600 homes suffered minor to moderate damage with a few broken windows, damaged shingles or siding. A few homes suffered major damage with all west facing windows broken, and exterior siding destroyed by wind blown hail. Throughout the impacted areas, large tree branches and fence posts were snapped. Numerous trampolines were blown and destroyed. There were approximately a dozen unanchored outdoor storage sheds or carports that were destroyed by the wind. One large unanchored outdoor metal building was blown into the neighboring home with debris scattered 300 yards downstream. Another large metal building was blown into an adjacent vehicle with debris scattered 400 yards down wind. There were reports of several horses injured by wind blown debris and large hail.
April 2014HailOrange Grove$500,000Golf ball sized hail occurred throughout the town of Orange Grove. The hail, driven by high winds, broke windows on some homes and damaged siding. Numerous vehicles were damaged by the large hail.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindOrange Grove$250,000A NWS survey concluded that a downburst of straight-line winds occurred over the southern portion of the city of Orange Grove near the intersection of Highway 359 and County Road 374. The winds were estimated to be up to 80 mph. The damage path was 1 mile long and a half of a mile wide. Several large power poles were snapped in half. The roof was peeled off of two mobile homes. The roof was damaged on a two story home with a large porch overhang. There were numerous large trees and branches down across the area also.
April 2014HailOrange Grove$200,000Several homes on Jennifer Loop north of Orange Grove were damaged by hail up to the size of limes.
April 2014HailOrange Grove$100,000Hail up to the size of limes caused damage to a few homes and buildings near County Road 303.
April 2010Flash FloodOrange Grove$100,000Torrential rainfall of 4-8 inches fell led to widespread flash flooding in northern and northwest Jim Wells county. In particular, A flood wave developed on the Agua Dulce Creek, west of Orange Grove, and traveled downstream through Jim Wells County and into Nueces county. Several County Roads became impassable along the creek. One vehicle was swept into the creek near CR 239 and CR 308, with all three passengers rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. Another resident who was trapped in their home was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. The flood wave destroyed one mobile home in Jim Wells county. In addition flooding of roadways occurred in Orange Grove, and several homes were reported to have water in them. FM 624 was closed in Orange Grove due to 1 foot of flowing water over the road. Also water was reported over CR 307, northwest of Orange Grove, making it impassable.||WATER COVERING COUNTY ROAD 307 NORTHWEST OF ORANGE GROVE. THE ROAD IS BECOMING IMPASSIBLE.
May 1994HailOrange Grove$50,000The tornado touched down briefly near Orange Grove with power lines down. It tore the roof off a residence and damaged two others. The owners of the house were at home when the damage occurred and reported hearing a sound like a train" just before the tornado struck. They were not injured. Golf ball- to baseball-sized hail in Orange Grove at the same time.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOrange Grove$30,000Video was posted of a roof being blown off of a barn near Orange Grove.
June 2021Flash FloodOrange Grove$10,000An Mping report was received of a creek overflowing that flooded a basement near Orange Grove.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindOrange Grove$10,000A gas station in Orange Grove sustained damage due to high winds.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindOrange Grove-Social media report received of a large tree blown down southeast of Orange Grove.
June 2018Flash FloodOrange Grove-County roads were flooded and closed around Orange Grove.
September 2018FloodOrange Grove-Water was over Farm to Market Road 70 between Farm to Market Road 1833 and Northwest Boulevard.
March 2015Flash FloodOrange Grove-Low water crossings were flooded on County Road 454 east of Orange Grove.
March 2015Flash FloodOrange Grove-Water was rushing across Farm to Market Road 624 west of Orange Grove.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindOrange Grove-Power lines and poles reported blown down.
June 1997HailOrange Grove-Spotter and public report of dime sized hail.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindOrange Grove-Sheriff and public report of strong thunderstorm wind.
June 1997Flash FloodOrange Grove-Sheriff report of several roadways under water due to torrential thunderstorm rain.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindOrange Grove-Public report of several large trees downed resulting in damage to homes.
June 1997Flash FloodOrange Grove-Sheriff report of continued flooding of several roadways.
June 1997Flash FloodOrange Grove-Sheriff report of several roadways flooded.
June 1997HailOrange Grove-Sheriff and public report of tennis ball sized hail.
May 1994Tornado (F1)Orange Grove-The tornado touched down briefly near Orange Grove with power lines down. It tore the roof off a residence and damaged two others. The owners of the house were at home when the damage occurred and reported hearing a sound like a train" just before the tornado struck. They were not injured. Golf ball- to baseball-sized hail in Orange Grove at the same time.
May 1993HailOrange Grove-Nickel-size hail was reported at the Orange Grove Navel Auxiliary Landing Field.
May 2005HailOrange Grove-no account filed
February 2004HailOrange Grove-no account filed
March 2003HailOrange Grove-no account filed
October 1998Flash FloodOrange Grove-no account filed
June 1998HailOrange Grove-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOrange Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jim Wells 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.

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 Orange GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q976894The 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 1343303. 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.