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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.

Ravenna within Fannin County

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

Population over time

3 figures

Ravenna 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.

YearPeople Change
2000215
2010209-6 (-3%)
2020175-34 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

92 since 2005

Regional 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWER LINE FIRE
30 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
13 September 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePASTURE FIRE
1 September 2013Natural182 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEWIS FIRE
1 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWELINE
1 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID RAVENNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Ravenna$300,000The 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 2025LightningRavenna$20,000Emergency 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 2012Thunderstorm WindRavenna$15,000A roof was blown off a mobile home in Ravenna. Trees were also knocked down around the town.
March 2022HailRavenna$10,000A public report indicated golf ball sized hail near Ravenna, TX.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRavenna$5,000Emergency 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 2012HailRavenna$5,000One inch diameter hail was reported by amateur radio 4 miles southeast of Ravenna. The hail shattered a skylight.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRavenna$3,000A 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 2022Thunderstorm WindRavenna$1,000Emergency management reported power poles snapped and trees down near the intersection of CR 1145 and and FM 274.
May 2021HailRavenna-A public report indicated quarter sized hail approximately 5 miles west-northwest of Ector, TX.
May 2021HailRavenna-Emergency management reported ping pong ball sized hail approximately 7 miles north northeast of Ector, TX.
August 2020HailRavenna-Amateur radio reported quarter quarter sized hail in the city of Ravenna, TX.
February 2012HailRavenna-One inch diameter hail was reported by amateur radio near Lake Bonham.
February 2012HailRavenna-Quarter sized hail was reported by amateur radio in Ravenna.
February 2012HailRavenna-One inch diameter hail was reported by amateur radio near the cemetery in Ravenna.
April 1994HailRavenna-A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
April 2014HailRavenna-no account filed
May 2000HailRavenna-no account filed
April 1996HailRavenna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fannin 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
Ridings3.5 miles6
Boyd3.6 miles6
Mulberry3.9 miles7
Nunnelee4.0 miles6
Oakland4.6 miles6
White Shed4.9 miles6
Finley5.9 miles6
Ivanhoe5.9 miles6

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 RavennaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q205755The 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.