River Oaks, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Fort Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76114. It stands on Farmers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Worth quadrangle. 7,646 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRiver Oaks grew from 7,427 to 7,646 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 | 7,427 | |
| 2020 | 7,646 | +219 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1894 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Haltom City quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Lake Worth quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Lake Worth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
409 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 409 fires within 5 miles of River Oaks between 2005 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 359 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAKHURST SCENIC |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARNSWORTH |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2500 |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLD SPRINGS |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NE 23RD |
| 6 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHERMAN |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N HENDERSON |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | W LANCASTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of River Oaks: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| General Portland Inc Ft Worth Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| General Portland Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names River Oaks in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Hail | River Oaks | $10,000,000 | Car dealerships reported damage to about 8,000 vehicles in the metroplex. Roofs of homes and private vehicles were also damaged. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | River Oaks | $50,000 | Trees were blown down onto homes off of Roberts Cut Off Road in River Oaks. Damage also occurred to businesses along River Oaks Boulevard. A bank drive-thru was damaged, the roof of a barbershop was partially peeled back, the windows were knocked out of a grocery store, a restaurant had its sign twisted, and a clinic lost part of its roof. |
| November 2008 | Flash Flood | River Oaks | $15,000 | Garages and porches were flooded in River Oaks and a swift water rescue was required in Westworth. High water was reportedly a foot deep on I-30 near Ridgmar Mall. Vehicles were stranded by high waters on Bryant Irvin just south of I-20. |
| April 2026 | Hail | River Oaks | - | NWS employee reported 1.25 inch hail near River Oaks. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | River Oaks | - | The tornado began along Inspiration Lane in River Oaks. It then moved northeast and produced widespread tree damage through a neighborhood just southwest of Jacksboro Highway. Some EF1 tornado damage was found on Hillside Drive and Circle Ridge Drive where multiple tree trunks were snapped and/or uprooted. As the tornado crossed Jacksboro Highway, additional EF0 damage was found between 18th Street and 22nd Street between Menefee Avenue and Long Avenue. Maximum estimated winds were 100 mph. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | River Oaks | - | A 62 MPH wind gust was measured by the Automated Weather Observation System at Fort Worth Naval Air Station. |
| April 2017 | Hail | River Oaks | - | A social media report indicated quarter-sized hail approximately 3 miles west of Fort Worth. |
| April 2017 | Hail | River Oaks | - | Emergency Management reported that quarter-sized hail fell for 3 minutes in the |city of River Oaks. |
| May 2011 | Hail | River Oaks | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail fell 2 miles southeast of River Oaks. |
| May 2011 | Hail | River Oaks | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | River Oaks | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | River Oaks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westworth | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Sansom Park | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Westover Hills | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Worth | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| White Settlement | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fort Worth | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Belt Junction | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Melody Hills | 5.8 miles | 18 |
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 River Oaks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q177080 | 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 1345261. 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.






