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The Woodlands, 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 77381. The Survey maps it on the Tamina quadrangle. 114,436 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

The Woodlands within Montgomery County

Population over time

2 figures

The Woodlands grew from 93,847 to 114,436 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
201093,847
2020114,436+20,589 (+22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of The Woodlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 588 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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 burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAYFORD RIDGE
6 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined77 acresLivingston AreaTAMINA FIRE
30 September 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names The Woodlands in 34 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 14 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 6 funnel cloud, 2 lightning. 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$50,000Three large oak trees were uprooted and landed on homes. One tree cut a home in half. Other tree limbs were broken and wind damage was observed along a one half mile stretch of a neighborhood.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$50,000Roof blown off small business.
October 1993HailThe Woodlands$50,000The Woodlands Fire Department reported golf ball-size hail and heavy rain at the fire station.
May 2000HailThe Woodlands$50,000no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$45,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees upon homes and vehicles.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$45,000Car and home damaged and trees down several miles northeast of The Woodlands Mall (3 miles northeast of Chateau Woods).
November 2004HailThe Woodlands$30,000no account filed
October 2006Flash FloodThe Woodlands$15,000Widespread street flooding.
April 2004HailThe Woodlands$15,000Penny-size hail in The Woodlands.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$15,000Trees and power lines down.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$15,000Trees down.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$8,000A tree fell onto a home on East Oak Hill Drive.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$8,000Oak tree blown down on home in the Harper's Landing Subdivision causing significant roof damage.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$8,000Trees down.
March 2005HailThe Woodlands$7,000no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$5,000Large tree limbs were downed near the intersection of Interstate 45 and Rayford/Sawdust road. Pea sized hail was also reported.
December 1997Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands$5,000Trees blown down.
August 2001HailThe Woodlands$5,000no account filed
March 2003HailThe Woodlands$4,000no account filed
August 2006HailThe Woodlands$3,000Penny size hail.
July 2012LightningThe Woodlands$1,000A building fire was caused by a lightning strike at 26 Sawmill Grove Place in the Woodlands. Time estimation via the radar and lightning plot show the strike could've occurred any time between 2-305 pm CST.
July 2012LightningThe Woodlands$1,000A detached garage was struck by lightning and destroyed by a fire at 19 West Willowood Court in the Woodlands. Time estimation by radar and lightning plot indicate the strike could've happened any time between 2-305 pm CST.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands-Some trees were bent and downed in The Woodlands area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands-Trees were blown down at the corner of Woodlands Parkway and Panther Creek.
June 2008Funnel CloudThe Woodlands-A funnel cloud was sighted near the Woodlands.
May 2007HailThe Woodlands-Hail reported on Lake Woodlands Drive.
May 2007HailThe Woodlands-Hail reported near Interstate 45.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindThe Woodlands-Wind gust reported between The Woodlands and Spring.
August 2006Funnel CloudThe Woodlands-Two funnel clouds sighted.
May 2004Funnel CloudThe Woodlands-Funnel cloud at Research Forest.
March 2001Funnel CloudThe Woodlands-Funnel cloud at Woodlands Parkway and Kuykendahl Road.
June 2001Funnel CloudThe Woodlands-Numerous reports of funnel clouds in The Woodlands area.
July 2007Funnel CloudThe Woodlands-no account filed
May 2007HailThe Woodlands-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Shenandoah2.4 miles13
Oak Ridge North2.4 miles13
Tamina2.9 miles13
Johnson3.3 miles13
Chateau Woods3.6 miles13
Rayford3.9 miles13
Spring Hills4.3 miles18
Sleepy Hollow4.6 miles13

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 The WoodlandsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982421The 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 1867568. 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.