Smithville, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Smithville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78957. It stands on Gazley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smithville quadrangle. 3,922 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 325 feet above sea level.
On record in Smithville
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 2 records
Smithville Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1982
Smithville Residential Historic Districtlisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresSmithville grew from 3,817 to 3,922 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 | 3,817 | |
| 2020 | 3,922 | +105 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Smithville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,235 acres in total. 7 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 burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARK RD FIRE |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 102 |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VYVJALA RD FIRE |
| 17 September 1996 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 123 |
| 11 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2020 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG LETTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Smithville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithville in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm, moving southwestward through Bastrop County, produced a downburst as it approached Smithville that knocked over several trees. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $20,000 | Severe winds blew down trees in the Smithville area. The wind was measured by a hand-held anemometer. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $15,000 | Damage was reported to roofs with some tree limbs downed as a brief gust struck the city. One roof was lifted and dropped on several cars. The storm also knocked down power lines for several blocks. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Smithville | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Smithville. We received a picture of the hail on Facebook. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Smithville | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail near Smithville Middle School. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Smithville | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter to golf ball size hail at a gas station in Smithville. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Smithville | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Smithville. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Smithville | - | A thunderstorm produced four to five inch hail south of Smithville. Several locations on the south side of Smithville from Hwy 95 to CR 230 posted pictures of giant hail. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a swift water rescue in Smithville. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a water rescue near Smithville. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a swift water rescue in Smithville. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that uprooted trees in Smithville. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew down several trees in Smithville. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Smithville | - | Golf ball size hail was reported along County Road 535 southwest of the city of Smithville. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing many roads in Bastrop County. ATXFloods reported FM535 at AJ Rod Rd between Smithville and Rosanky was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Smithville | - | Quarter size hail was reported along County Road 535 southwest of the city of Smithville. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Potato Smith Rd in Elgin, Caldwell Ln in Smithville, and several other low water crossings in the county. |
| February 2010 | Hail | Smithville | - | Hail was reported in Smithville. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down power lines near Smithville. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Widespread damage was reported to trees, roofs and to large signs. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Smithville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Flower Hill | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Togo | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Alum Creek | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Upton | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Pin Oak | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Willman | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hills Prairie | 7.6 miles | 17 |
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 Smithville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981456 | 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 1376161. 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.







