Willis, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Willis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77378. The Survey maps it on the Willis quadrangle. 6,431 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWillis grew from 5,662 to 6,431 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 | 5,662 | |
| 2020 | 6,431 | +769 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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
- 1960 USGS Willis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Willis quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
168 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Willis between 1992 and 2019, burning about 740 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 20 |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 845 |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 389 |
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 391 |
| 30 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 49 |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 950 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willis in 42 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 18 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 4 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2008 | Flash Flood | Willis | $150,000 | Flooding extended from central Montgomery County, around the Willis and Woodloch areas, westward to the southern portions of Grimes County, including the Todd Mission and Plantersville areas. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large trees across the county. The largest damage area was in and around Panorama Village where at least thirty-five oak trees were downed along Winged Foot Drive. Some of the downed trees damaged homes. |
| December 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Willis | $30,000 | An F0 Tornado touched down in Willis, along Montgomery Street, on FM 1097. Trees were uprooted, power lines were snapped with power outages in town, and there was minor roof damage to some homes. There were no injuries. Reported by Sheriff and public. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Willis | $30,000 | Tornado near Willis. Trees down in area and mobile home damaged in Walnut Creek subdivision. |
| December 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $30,000 | A roof of a barn was blown off and a carport was destroyed. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore off two porches and destroyed a metal building. Winds also blew shingles off a house near the intersection of Blueberry Hill Road and FM 1097. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Willis | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $15,000 | Trees down in Lake Conroe and Willis areas. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $14,000 | A tree was downed on a house on Maggie Lane. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Willis | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Willis | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | Willis | $8,500 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Willis | $7,000 | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $6,000 | There was some damage to a barn on Maggie Lane. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds snapped a road sign off that struck and damaged a wrecker truck near the Calvary Road and Interstate 45 intersection. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $5,000 | Trees were downed in Willis due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2004 | Hail | Willis | $5,000 | 1 inch hail along FM 2432, Willis-Waukegan road, outside of Willis. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $5,000 | Trees down in Willis and northern portions of the county. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $5,000 | Trees blown down |
| February 2005 | Hail | Willis | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Willis | $4,000 | no account filed |
| January 2004 | Hail | Willis | $3,000 | 0.75" hail in Willis. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | $3,000 | Sheriff's office reported trees down on FM 1097. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Willis | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Willis | $1,000 | Quarter sized hail was observed on the north side of Willis. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Willis | $1,000 | Quarter-sized hail was reported along FM 1097. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Willis | - | There was quarter sized hail between Waverly and Willis. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | - | Widespread tree damage was reported in the Panorama Village area. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | - | Extensive tree damage was reported in the vicinity of Corinthian Point Yacht Club. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | - | Widespread significant tree damage was observed in the Cape Malibu subdivision in Willis. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | - | Local law enforcement reported a downed tree and several downed power lines due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Willis | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported near Willis. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Willis | - | Water was reported over sections of I-45 northbound where TXDOT reported flooding at the FM 1097 intersection.||Record pool levels on Lake Conroe required downstream releases that flooded numerous downstream homes, businesses and vehicles. Major flooding occurred along the San Jacinto River and the east Fork of the San Jacinto and its tributaries inundated tens to hundreds of residential subdivisions. There were hundreds of flooded homes along Lake, Spring, Peach and Caney Creeks. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Willis | - | Golf ball size hail was reported near Willis. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Willis | - | Heavy rainfall caused the flooding, and the subsequent closure, of Rose Road. There was also flooded streets in the nearby Royal Forest subdivision. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | - | A tree was downed by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | - | There were reports of numerous trees downed, residential damage and power outages. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willis | - | A large tree was downed by severe storm winds along FM 1097. |
| December 2015 | Tornado (EF2) | Willis | - | This tornado touched down near Calvary Road around Robertson Park where tree trunks were snapped. Damage became more continuous just to the north near Pollard Road on the west side of Interstate 45 where large strands of pine trees were snapped. The tornado appeared to cross Interstate 45 near Exit 97 where it hit a large metal industrial building. Damage to this structure warranted the EF-2 rating.|The tornado then appeared to run parallel to Route 75 where it caused significant tree damage and flipped and destroyed multiple RVs at an RV park. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Willis | - | The half dollar size hail was reported at the FM 830 and Interstate 45 intersection. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Willis | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported near Willis. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Willis | - | One tree down on Highway 1097 in Willis. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panorama Village | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Esperanza | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ada | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Zion | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Beach | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Conroe | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Leonidas | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cut and Shoot | 9.0 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 Willis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q980252 | 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 1371602. 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.





