Splendora, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77372. It stands on Gulley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Splendora quadrangle. 1,683 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 125 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSplendora grew from 1,275 to 1,683 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,275 | |
| 2010 | 1,615 | +340 (+27%) |
| 2020 | 1,683 | +68 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Splendora quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Splendora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,047 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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 | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 375 |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 160 |
| 26 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 161 |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMBRIDGE |
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Splendora in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Splendora | $20,000 | A tree downed onto a residential home caused roof and window damage. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Splendora | $5,000 | Trees were downed along Duke Road near FM 2090. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Splendora | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm downed some trees and power lines. One tree fell on a car. |
| March 2001 | Hail | Splendora | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Splendora | $4,000 | There was some wind damage to a home on Shakey Hollow. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Splendora | $3,000 | Trees blown down. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Splendora | $2,000 | An emergency manager reported downed power lines, several downed trees and a tin roof wrapped in debris in Splendora near the intersection of Morgan Dr and Morton Dr. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Splendora | - | An NWS employee shared a photo of 1 inch hail, around the size of a quarter. They noted that the hail lasted around 3 to 5 minutes in duration. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Splendora | - | There was significant street flooding in the Splendora area. Floodwaters became deep enough to submerge many roads including FM 2090 and sections of Highway 59 while completely inundating local gas station pumps. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Splendora | - | Floodwater was entering homes and requiring water rescues in the Splendora area. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Splendora | - | A severe thunderstorm in eastern Montgomery County produced 0.75-inch hail in Splendora. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Estates | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Spendora | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hill and Dale Terrace | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Deerbrook | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Midline | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Patton Village | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Roman Forest | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Woodbranch | 3.9 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 Splendora | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982232 | 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 1347662. 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.




