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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.

Smithville within Bastrop County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Smithville 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,817
20203,922+105 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

71 since 1992

Regional 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARK RD FIRE
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 102
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVYVJALA RD FIRE
17 September 1996Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 123
11 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1997Natural15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2020Natural15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG LETTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bastrop County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bastrop County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSmithville$20,000A severe thunderstorm, moving southwestward through Bastrop County, produced a downburst as it approached Smithville that knocked over several trees.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindSmithville$20,000Severe winds blew down trees in the Smithville area. The wind was measured by a hand-held anemometer.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindSmithville$15,000Damage 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 2023HailSmithville-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Smithville. We received a picture of the hail on Facebook.
May 2021HailSmithville-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail near Smithville Middle School.
June 2019HailSmithville-A thunderstorm produced quarter to golf ball size hail at a gas station in Smithville.
October 2019HailSmithville-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Smithville.
March 2018HailSmithville-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 2017Flash FloodSmithville-Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a swift water rescue in Smithville.
August 2017Flash FloodSmithville-Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a water rescue near Smithville.
August 2017Flash FloodSmithville-Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a swift water rescue in Smithville.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSmithville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that uprooted trees in Smithville.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSmithville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew down several trees in Smithville.
April 2015HailSmithville-Golf ball size hail was reported along County Road 535 southwest of the city of Smithville.
April 2015Flash FloodSmithville-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 2015HailSmithville-Quarter size hail was reported along County Road 535 southwest of the city of Smithville.
March 2012Flash FloodSmithville-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 2010HailSmithville-Hail was reported in Smithville.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindSmithville-Severe thunderstorm winds blew down power lines near Smithville.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindSmithville-Widespread damage was reported to trees, roofs and to large signs.
May 2016HailSmithville-no account filed
April 2013HailSmithville-no account filed
February 1999HailSmithville-no account filed
June 1998HailSmithville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bastrop 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
Colorado2.1 miles11
Flower Hill3.3 miles11
Togo5.1 miles11
Alum Creek5.1 miles17
Upton5.6 miles17
Pin Oak6.6 miles16
Willman7.5 miles11
Hills Prairie7.6 miles17

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 SmithvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981456The 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.