Ravenna, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ravenna-Telephone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75476. It stands on Little Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Bonham quadrangle. 175 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
On record in Ravenna
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red Riverlisted 1996
Population over time
3 figuresRavenna fell from 215 to 175 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 215 | |
| 2010 | 209 | -6 (-3%) |
| 2020 | 175 | -34 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Bonham quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lake Bonham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Ravenna between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,323 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWER LINE FIRE |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE FIRE |
| 1 September 2013 | Natural | 182 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEWIS FIRE |
| 1 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWELINE |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID RAVENNA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ravenna in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Ravenna | $300,000 | The same parent storm that produced the Ravenna tornado also spawned another EF-1 tornado that touched down along FM 274 around 2 miles south of Ravenna, causing minor damage to a home and blowing down a few trees. The tornado intensified as it continued southeast, blowing down numerous trees in rural areas east of FM 274 and north of FM 898. Southwest of the tornado path, RFD or inflow winds into the tornado blew down many more trees along FM 274 and FM 898 west of CR 1444. As the tornado crossed FM 898 near CR 1445, a few homes suffered minor exterior damage, some outbuildings were heavily damaged, and many large trees were snapped or uprooted. A small silo along CR 1445 was lifted and blown 350 yards to the southeast before landing. Notable cyclonic patterns were also apparent in flattened grass in this area. The tornado weakened as it crossed US 82 and Hwy 121, knocking down just a few trees, causing very minor damage to a Fix & Feed store, and blowing a few sheds into a field. As the tornado entered the city of Bonham, it intensified again and blew down hundreds of trees along residential streets in the northwest part of the city. Three homes along Agnew Street suffered heavy wind damage (where the maximum estimated winds of 100 mph occurred), a church on Franklin Ave lost its steeple, and another church on Oriental Street lost an exterior wall. The tornado continued through the southeast part of town causing more sporadic damage before it dissipated just past Carpenter Loop. Maximum estimated winds were 100 mph. |
| August 2025 | Lightning | Ravenna | $20,000 | Emergency management officials reported a lightning strike on a house in Ravenna, resulting in a minor fire. Additionally, three other lightning strikes were reported, causing small grass fires in the Ector and Ladonia areas. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenna | $15,000 | A roof was blown off a mobile home in Ravenna. Trees were also knocked down around the town. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Ravenna | $10,000 | A public report indicated golf ball sized hail near Ravenna, TX. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenna | $5,000 | Emergency management reported wind damage along Highway 274 north of Ravenna, TX, including large tree limbs broken, metal buildings damaged, minor roof damage and a power pole broken. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Ravenna | $5,000 | One inch diameter hail was reported by amateur radio 4 miles southeast of Ravenna. The hail shattered a skylight. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenna | $3,000 | A storm survey team determined RFD or inflow winds along the west side of a tornado track caused notable tree damage and some structural damage along FM 274 and West FM 898 between Ravenna and Bonham. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenna | $1,000 | Emergency management reported power poles snapped and trees down near the intersection of CR 1145 and and FM 274. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ravenna | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail approximately 5 miles west-northwest of Ector, TX. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ravenna | - | Emergency management reported ping pong ball sized hail approximately 7 miles north northeast of Ector, TX. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Ravenna | - | Amateur radio reported quarter quarter sized hail in the city of Ravenna, TX. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Ravenna | - | One inch diameter hail was reported by amateur radio near Lake Bonham. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Ravenna | - | Quarter sized hail was reported by amateur radio in Ravenna. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Ravenna | - | One inch diameter hail was reported by amateur radio near the cemetery in Ravenna. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Ravenna | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Ravenna | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Ravenna | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Ravenna | - | 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.
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 Ravenna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q205755 | 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 1388218. 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.




