Redwater, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Maud-Redwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75567. It stands on Conn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maud quadrangle. 853 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 295 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRedwater fell from 1,057 to 853 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,057 | |
| 2020 | 853 | -204 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Maud quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
255 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Redwater between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,428 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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 | 161 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOWIE 12:32 |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6180 |
| 5 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6223 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Redwater: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas Pipeline Plant 360 | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redwater in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | $50,000 | Trees reported downed throughout the county. There was one indirect injury south of New Boston, Texas when the driver of an 18-wheeler had to be taken to the hospital after his rig struck a downed tree on Texas highway 8. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | $10,000 | The roof was removed from a mobile home in the community of Red Water, Texas. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | $5,000 | A small building was damaged along with small trees downed in Redwater, Texas. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | A power line was blown down in Redwater. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Redwater | - | Golfball size hail fell just east of Maud near Lake Wright Patman. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Redwater | - | This is the continuation of the EF-Unknown tornado (waterspout) on Lake Wright Patman from extreme Northern Cass County. This waterspout was documented on video by a game warden moving northwest across the lake, before lifting prior to reaching the land areas. Due to the lack of damage indicators on the lake, this waterspout was rated as EF-Unknown, with a total path length across Cass and Bowie Counties of 2.63 miles. |
| November 2019 | Hail | Redwater | - | Penny size hail fell near Redwater. Report via MPING. |
| December 2018 | Hail | Redwater | - | Ping pong ball sized hail fell along Highway 67 in the Redwater community. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | Numerous tree were downed across much of Bowie County. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | Trees down on Farm to Market Road 991. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Redwater | - | Quarter size hail fell on Farm to Market Road 991. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | Trees and powerlines were downed along FM Road 3098 in the Redwater community. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | A transformer was blown down along Hwy. 991 in the Redwater community. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | Trees were downed in Red Water. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | Several trees were downed near Lake Wright Patman. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Redwater | - | Golfball sized hail was reported just east of the community of Redwater, Texas. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Redwater | - | High water reported on Tristate Road in Redwater, Texas. The road had to be closed. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | Trees were downed on Tri-State road in the town of Redwater, Texas. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | Trees and powerlines were downed in the Redwater community. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Redwater | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Redwater | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Redwater | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redwater | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Redwater | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Redwater | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Redwater | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Redwater | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Springs | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hartman | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Maud | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Victory City | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Leary | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Eylau | 7.5 miles | 21 | |
| Hooks | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Corley | 7.7 miles | 13 |
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 Redwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1015724 | 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 1375689. 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.






