Richland, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dawson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76681. The Survey maps it on the Richland quadrangle. 255 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 367 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRichland fell from 264 to 255 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 | 264 | |
| 2020 | 255 | -9 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Richland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
169 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Richland between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,126 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR SW2150 |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SW COUNTY ROAD 0020 / SW COUNTY ROAD 0030 (41) |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21176 HWY 14 |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Smoking | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STORY RD. |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MURRAY PLACE HWY 14 |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 571 SE CR1180 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richland in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Richland | $35,000 | Flash flooding was reported over much of the central and southern portions of the county. A total of 51 roads were closed, one bridge was washed out, and numerous creeks were flooded from Richland, to Navarro, to Corsicana. Two cars were washed off roadways. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Richland | $10,000 | EM reported two high water rescues on the service road near mile marker 220 of Interstate 45 north of Richland. The first one was at the marked start time, and the second one was about half an hour later. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Richland | $5,000 | EM reported a high water rescue on SW CR 2340 south of Richland. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Richland | $5,000 | High water rescue on Interstate 45 on mile marker 218. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Richland | - | Heavy rain caused roads near Richland (including Interstate 45) to flood. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richland | - | Limbs blown down. |
| September 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Richland | - | This brief tornado developed near the community of Richland and moved to the northeast, causing minor tree damage to the west of Highway 14. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Richland | - | Flooding reported around the Richland-Chambers Reservoir. Emergency rescues were needed for residents in Powell, including one high water rescue. Numerous roads were closed, including CR 2160, CR 3143 and CR 3144. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richland | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Richland | - | A narrow, short lived tornado was reported by the Sheriff's Office. No damage was reported. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Richland | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | Richland | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Richland | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Richland | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Richland | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Richland | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Richland | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Richland | - | 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 Richland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974835 | 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 1345182. 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.



