Royse City, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Rockwall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75189. It stands on Bois d'Arc Creek. The Survey maps it on the Royse City quadrangle. 13,508 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
On record in Royse City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Royse City Lodge No. 663 A.F. & A.M.listed 1994
Population over time
2 figuresRoyse City grew from 9,349 to 13,508 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 | 9,349 | |
| 2020 | 13,508 | +4,159 (+44%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1919 USGS Royse City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Royse City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
194 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Royse City between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,234 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 106 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CROWELL RD FIRE |
| 9 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9641 COUNTY ROAD 1088 - 12076362 |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOLIDAY |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-571 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 66 & FM 1138 - 11075351 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Royse City in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 9 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | 6 hurt, $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | $5,000,000 | Five mobile homes were destroyed, 13 sustained major damage, 42 mobile homes sustained minor damage, and power lines were blown down by high winds. Damage was estimated at $816,000. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Royse City | $2,000,000 | Amateur radio reported two-inch diameter hail in Royce City, TX. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Royse City | $1,000,000 | A social media report indicated hail up to baseball size in Royse City. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Royse City | $200,000 | A trained spotter measured golf ball to ping pong ball sized hail stones in Royse City, near the intersection of FM 548 and Rowdy Dr. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn, blew a roof off of a house, damaged two other houses, and rolled a travel trailer. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | $50,000 | A church that was being built on Erby Campbell Blvd in Royse City was knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds. Only the wood frame of the building was in place at the time. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Royse City | $35,000 | The tornado touched down just east of the intersection of Highways 548 and 276. Two barns were completely destroyed and fences were downed. Estimated wind speeds were 80 MPH. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | $20,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | $15,000 | High winds damaged a power transmission tower. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Royse City | $7,000 | The Sheriff's Office reported a truck stuck in high water on HWY 66 in Royse City. The water depth was unknown. |
| January 2025 | Flash Flood | Royse City | $5,000 | Royse City PD reported multiple flooded roadways in the city including FM 2642 by Verandah, Hwy 66 east of the police station, Crenshaw Road, FM 548 south of Waterscape, and Shaw Road between FM 2652 and FM 35. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Royse City | $2,000 | Storm spotter reported half dollar size hail in Royse City. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | $2,000 | Fire Department reported flagpoles bending. According to the EF scale this would require winds near 70 MPH. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down from thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Royse City | $1,000 | Storm spotter reported quarter size hail in Royse City. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gust knocked down power lines across Interstate 30 and MM 76 in Royse City. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Royse City | $1,000 | DPS reported Bois D'Arc Creek nearly up to the I-30 bridge near mile marker 78. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Royse City | $1,000 | Westbound I-30 near FM 36 was closed due to high water, and service roads along I-30 in Royse City were closed due to high water. Flooding was also reported on FMs 552 and 1141. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | $50 | Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Royse City | - | A public report indicated that the westbound Interstate 30 frontage road was covered with one foot of water near the Erby Campbell exit. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Royse City | - | A spotter reported 1.25 inch hail just east of Royse City. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Royse City | - | The Sheriff's Office reported flooding along the I-30 service road at FM 2642 near Royse City. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Royse City | - | Streets were flooded in Royse City and FM 548 was flooded south of town. |
| January 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Royse City | - | Streets flooded in Royse City. |
| October 2002 | Flash Flood | Royse City | - | Highway 66 and FM 35 flooded. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | - | Power poles were blown down by high winds. |
| December 2001 | Flash Flood | Royse City | - | The service road on the north side of Interstate 30 was closed due to high water. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Royse City | - | Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Royse City | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Royse City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Royse City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Royse City | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Royse City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fate | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Blackland | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mobile City | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Munson | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rockwall | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Glen Hill | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| McLendon | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| McLendon-Chisholm | 9.5 miles | 13 |
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 Royse City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975173 | 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 1345732. 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.




