Reklaw, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It lies in ZIP code area 75784. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reklaw quadrangle. 332 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 305 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresReklaw fell from 379 to 332 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 | 379 | |
| 2020 | 332 | -47 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Reklaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
169 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Reklaw between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,629 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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 | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 256 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1218 FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 207 |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 486 |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 214 |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 026-10 |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 299 |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7118 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reklaw in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reklaw | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| December 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reklaw | $10,000 | Multiple trees were uprooted and all lying to the northeast along White Oak Road in Reklaw. A nearby utility barn sustained severe damage. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Reklaw | - | Quarter size reported near Reklaw. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reklaw | - | A tree was blown down in Reklaw. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reklaw | - | Power lines were downed in Reklaw. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reklaw | - | A tree was blown down on CR 4255. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF3) | Reklaw | - | This is a continuation of the Cherokee and Northwest Nacogdoches County tornado that tore through the Alto and Sacul communities. This tornado crossed County Roads 4265 and 4238 in extreme Southern Rusk County, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued northeast across the East Fork Angelina River, Highway 84, and County Road 4233, where it began to weaken as much of the damage over these areas consisted of snapped large limbs. The tornado finally lifted on County Road 4233 near the intersection of FM 2753. The maximum estimated winds in Southern Rusk County was near 105 mph primarily in the area of County Roads 4265 and 4238. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Reklaw | - | Highway 84 was closed in Reklaw due to high water. A high water rescue was needed for a stranded vehicle on White Oak Road. No injuries were reported. |
| December 2017 | Flash Flood | Reklaw | - | High water covered Highway 84 near County Road 204. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Reklaw | - | Hwy. 84 had to be closed due to high water across the roadway. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Reklaw | - | Damage was confined to felled pine trees, broken tree tops and tree limbs. This tornado continued from Cherokee County, TX. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reklaw | - | Several trees and power lines down. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reklaw | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down two trees. |
| February 1993 | Hail | Reklaw | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| New Salem | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Anadarko | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Glenfawn | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Freeneytown | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Valley Grove | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| McKnight | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Zion Grove | 10.9 miles | 11 |
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 Reklaw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969859 | 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 1375694. 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.







