Texas City, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Texas City-League City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77590. The Survey maps it on the Texas City quadrangle. 51,898 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
On record in Texas 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 3 records
Frank B. Davison Houselisted 1976
Col. Hugh B. and Helen Moore Houselisted 1994
The Settlement Historic Districtlisted 2010
Population over time
2 figuresTexas City grew from 45,099 to 51,898 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 | 45,099 | |
| 2020 | 51,898 | +6,799 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1929 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:25000
- 1943 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Galveston quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Texas City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Texas City in 2011, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3042 CEDAR |
| 16 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 412 AVE D |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2605 CORBETT |
| 2 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3800 FM 1765 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Texas City: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Vanadium, Tin, Molybdenum, Magnesite, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Amoco Texas Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Gulf Chemical and Metallureical Co | Vanadium, Tin, Molybdenum, Magnesite | Producer |
Storms near this place
40 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texas City in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 11 funnel cloud, 7 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Lightning | Texas City | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Texas City | $150,000 | Streets flooded with 2-3 feet of water, 50 homes and businesses flooded. |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Texas City | $100,000 | Tornado, which began as waterspout over Galveston Bay, tracked across northern part of Texas City. Tornado struck Chateau Jonon Apartments at 2100 blk. of 25th Ave. north (near Loop 197 and Goddard Park), tearing roof off one building and damaging roofs on several others. Widespread trees and power lines also reported down in Texas City. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Texas City | $80,000 | Homes flooded on Edwards Street; high water on Palmer Highway. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Texas City | $75,000 | Tornado touched down near the intersection of SH 348 and Loop 197 in Texas City. Several businesses were damaged at the initial touchdown. The tornado moved east northeast and eventually crossed the Texas City dike where numerous power poles were knocked down. The tornado continued past the dike and moved into Galveston Bay as a waterspout. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | $35,000 | Numerous trees down and a light pole down on a parked SUV. |
| March 2007 | Lightning | Texas City | $30,000 | Lightning strike started a fire that caused moderate damage to a home. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Texas City | $30,000 | Flooding on Amburn Road and on Ninth Avenue; high water at College of the Mainland. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Texas City | $25,000 | Brief tornado touchdown on Texas Ave. in Texas City. Damage to a tin/metal structure reported. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | $20,000 | Trees down throughout the city. Gas station canopy at Logan & Palmer St. blown over. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Texas City | $16,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Texas City | $15,000 | Quarter size hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Texas City | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | $11,000 | There was some roof damage to a Texas City business. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Texas City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | $5,500 | Large tree limbs and some fencing were blown down. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | Texas City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Texas City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | $3,000 | Powerpole blown down. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Texas City | $1,000 | Public call that reported three-quarters inch hail in Texas City. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Texas City | $1,000 | Public call that reported 3/4 inch hail in Texas City. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | - | Mesonet station XLEV Levee measured a 69 mph wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | - | Wind gust occurred at the Brigantine Cay Court mesonet site. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | A funnel cloud was sighted. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | - | Thunderstorm winds caused minor structure damage. Winds rolled over an exposed, non-anchored mobile trailer off of Dike Drive. |
| September 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near Blocker Middle School. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | A funnel cloud was sighted south of Texas City. |
| June 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | A funnel cloud was sighted over Texas City. |
| March 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | A funnel cloud was sighted in Texas City. |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | Funnel cloud reported over Texas City. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Texas City | - | Numerous reports of flooding through the towns of Texas City and La Marque. |
| July 1999 | Waterspout | Texas City | - | Large waterspout over western Galveston Bay near Texas City. |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texas City | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Texas City | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Texas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heights | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Nadeau | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Texas City Junction | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| La Marque | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bayou Vista | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Texas City Terminal Junction | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Virginia Point | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Tiki Island | 6.0 miles | 15 |
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 Texas City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q912475 | 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 1376420. 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.









