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Robinson, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76706. The Survey maps it on the Robinson quadrangle. 12,443 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 495 feet above sea level.

Robinson within McLennan County

Population over time

3 figures

Robinson grew from 7,845 to 12,443 between 2000 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
20007,845
201010,509+2,664 (+34%)
202012,443+1,934 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

240 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Robinson between 2001 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 burning159
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Natural2

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 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-2520007
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2510033
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWERLINE
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2500034
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2490037
4 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceS 4TH
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND/GRASS FIRE
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJUNIPER LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Robinson: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
H and B No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H and B No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Luckett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Neeley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robinson in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 13 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 1994Thunderstorm WindRobinson2 hurt, $5,000A house under construction was collapsed by thunderstorm winds, trapping two men in the debris. Both were injured.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindRobinson$30,000Emergency management reported multiple homes with shingles missing, fences blown over, a collapsed metal barn building, a missing roof, nearby power lines knocked down, and power poles snapped between the cities of Robinson and Hewitt. Multiple power poles were down along Highway 77 in Robinson, and tree damage was also reported near N Andrews St.
June 2023HailRobinson$20,000Two inch hail was reported near Robinson via social media.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRobinson$20,000Roof damage and numerous power outages.
June 2014Flash FloodRobinson$10,000A few roads in Robinson were under water due to heavy rainfall over a 1-2 hour period.
June 2023HailRobinson$5,000Golf ball size hail was reported in Robinson via social media.
October 2014HailRobinson$5,000Amateur radio operators reported hail increasing to 1.5 inches in diameter.
October 2015Flash FloodRobinson$1,000Flooding reported in Robinson with outside lanes of Hwy 77 closed due to flooding.
June 2016HailRobinson-Quarter size hail was reported in Robinson.
October 2014HailRobinson-Amateur radio operators reported quarter sized hail.
October 2014HailRobinson-Quarter sized hail in Roberston increased to the size of half dollars.
October 2014HailRobinson-Amateur radio reported one-inch diameter hail in Robinson, TX.
January 1994HailRobinson-One-inch hail was reported at the University of Baylor campus.
April 1994HailRobinson-Large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2001HailRobinson-no account filed
June 1998HailRobinson-no account filed
March 1997HailRobinson-no account filed
June 1995HailRobinson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Downs2.5 miles15
Downsville2.7 miles15
Rosenthal3.6 miles15
Beverly4.2 miles19
Beverly Hills4.3 miles19
Hewitt4.3 miles16
Asa4.9 miles15
Jewell5.0 miles19

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 RobinsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981477The 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 1366611. 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.