Randolph, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bonham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75490. It stands on Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle. 258 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
117 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Randolph between 2006 and 2020, burning about 684 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANDOLPH GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3057 CR 4245 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randolph in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | 3 hurt, $600,000 | Damaging downburst winds between 70 to 95 mph caused damage along a line from approximately 1.5 miles north of Randolph to 2 miles east-southeast of Leonard. Many trees were snapped or uprooted along the path and several barns and outbuildings either lost much of their roofs or were overturned. Four manufactured homes were rolled over along the path of destructive winds, and a few more homes sustained damage to the roofs and/or siding. The homes that rolled over were located near FM 1553 and CR 4709 north of Leonard, near CR 4860 and 4855 east of Leonard, and two homes rolled over on CR 4851 east of Leonard. A total of three people were injured from the rolling homes. In addition, the roofs of several buildings in Randolph were partially torn off. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Randolph | $50,000 | A brief EF-0 tornado occurred approximately one mile north of Randolph near the intersection of CR 4145 and CR 4160. The tornado caused minor damage to at least one home, large trees, barns, and crops. The maximum winds in the tornado were estimated to be 85 mph. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Randolph | $2,000 | Golf ball size hail fell, damaging several cars and knocking out at least one windshield. Roofs were also damaged. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Randolph | - | Reported via mPING in Randolph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | A trained spotter reported multiple large trees down. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Randolph | - | Amateur radio reported 1-inch diameter hail in Randolph, TX. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | A 61 mph wind gust was reported 6 miles north of Leonard. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Randolph | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail approximately 6 miles northeast of the city of Trenton, TX. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Randolph | - | Trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Randolph. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Randolph | - | Emergency management reported one home flooded north of the city of Leonard, TX. |
| September 2006 | Flood | Randolph | - | Water over highways 121 and 11 was reported. Roads were passable. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Randolph | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill | 2.0 miles | 6 | |
| Edhube | 3.5 miles | 6 | |
| Rogers | 4.0 miles | 6 | |
| Ely | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Orangeville | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Enterprise | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Bailey | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Trenton | 5.9 miles | 6 |
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 Randolph | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7291773 | 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 1366003. 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.



