Zavalla, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Zavalla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75980. The Survey maps it on the Zavalla quadrangle. 603 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 223 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresZavalla fell from 713 to 603 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 | 713 | |
| 2020 | 603 | -110 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1931 USGS Zavalla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Zavalla quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Zavalla quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Zavalla quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Zavalla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,725 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 69 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | SMITH BRANCH |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 871 |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | PICKARD |
| 7 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | NATURAL LITE |
| 7 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zavalla in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | $10,000 | Up to 14 electrical cross arms and several spans of wire along with a few trees were downed in town resulting in hundreds of residents without power. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | $10,000 | Home suffered roof damage. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | $10,000 | High winds blew roofs off barns and damaged outbuildings. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Multiple power lines downed east of Zavalla. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | A few trees downed on FM Road 1270 near Highway 69 South. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Trees and power lines were downed along Highway 147 between Zavalla and Broaddus. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Trees were blown down along Highway 147 in Zavalla. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Trees and power lines were blown down along Mollywood Road. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Zavalla | - | Sandy Creek Road over Hawkins Creek just southwest of Zavalla was flooded and closed. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Zavalla | - | Highway 63 was flooded near Bob Boulware Road. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Trees were blown down between Huntington and Zavalla. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Zavalla | - | Farm to Market Road 1270 and Sandy Creek Road was closed due to high water. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Zavalla | - | One lane of Highway 69 near Hubert Cryer Road south of Zavalla was flooded. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Several trees were downed near Zavalla, Texas. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Zavalla | - | A boat launch on Lake Sam Rayburn reported quarter sized hail. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | National Weather Service storm survey noted that numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along and east of Hwy. 63 in Angelina County to the western shore of Lake Sam Rayburn Reservoir to just north of the Jasper County line. Estimated wind speeds were near 75 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Trees were downed along Hwy. 69 near Zavalla, Texas. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Zavalla | - | Angelina County sheriffs office reported that most roads in the town were underwater. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Trees were blown down near the Zavalla High School. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Trees downed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Trees and powelines were downed. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Trees blown down across the southeast portion of the county. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | Numerous trees down. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Zavalla | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zavalla | - | 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.
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 Zavalla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982081 | 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 1372084. 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.








