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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.

Redwater within Bowie County

Population over time

2 figures

Redwater 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,057
2020853-204 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

255 since 1993

Regional 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 burning161
Arson/incendiarism40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOWIE 12:32
9 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2012Debris and open burning12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
5 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6180
5 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6223

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bowie County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Natural Gas Pipeline Plant 360SulfurProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bowie County

Storms near this place

27 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009Thunderstorm WindRedwater$50,000Trees 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 2009Thunderstorm WindRedwater$10,000The roof was removed from a mobile home in the community of Red Water, Texas.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRedwater$5,000A small building was damaged along with small trees downed in Redwater, Texas.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindRedwater-A power line was blown down in Redwater.
April 2025HailRedwater-Golfball size hail fell just east of Maud near Lake Wright Patman.
May 2020Tornado (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 2019HailRedwater-Penny size hail fell near Redwater. Report via MPING.
December 2018HailRedwater-Ping pong ball sized hail fell along Highway 67 in the Redwater community.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindRedwater-Numerous tree were downed across much of Bowie County.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindRedwater-Trees down on Farm to Market Road 991.
May 2016HailRedwater-Quarter size hail fell on Farm to Market Road 991.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindRedwater-Trees and powerlines were downed along FM Road 3098 in the Redwater community.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindRedwater-A transformer was blown down along Hwy. 991 in the Redwater community.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindRedwater-Trees were downed in Red Water.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindRedwater-Several trees were downed near Lake Wright Patman.
March 2010HailRedwater-Golfball sized hail was reported just east of the community of Redwater, Texas.
May 2009Flash FloodRedwater-High water reported on Tristate Road in Redwater, Texas. The road had to be closed.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindRedwater-Trees were downed on Tri-State road in the town of Redwater, Texas.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindRedwater-Trees and powerlines were downed in the Redwater community.
May 2014HailRedwater-no account filed
October 2010HailRedwater-no account filed
May 2006HailRedwater-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRedwater-no account filed
March 1999HailRedwater-no account filed
February 1998HailRedwater-no account filed
May 1997HailRedwater-no account filed
October 1996HailRedwater-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bowie 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
Red Springs4.6 miles18
Hartman4.8 miles18
Maud5.0 miles13
Victory City7.4 miles18
Leary7.5 miles18
Eylau7.5 miles21
Hooks7.7 miles13
Corley7.7 miles13

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 RedwaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1015724The 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.