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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.

Zavalla within Angelina County

Population over time

2 figures

Zavalla 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.

YearPeople Change
2010713
2020603-110 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

178 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism69
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasSMITH BRANCH
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 871
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In Texasnot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasPICKARD
7 September 1998Smokingunder an acreNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasNATURAL LITE
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarism10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Angelina County

Storms near this place

35 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2007Thunderstorm WindZavalla$10,000Up 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 1999Thunderstorm WindZavalla$10,000Home suffered roof damage.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindZavalla$10,000High winds blew roofs off barns and damaged outbuildings.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindZavalla$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Multiple power lines downed east of Zavalla.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindZavalla-A few trees downed on FM Road 1270 near Highway 69 South.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Trees and power lines were downed along Highway 147 between Zavalla and Broaddus.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Trees were blown down along Highway 147 in Zavalla.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Trees and power lines were blown down along Mollywood Road.
December 2018Flash FloodZavalla-Sandy Creek Road over Hawkins Creek just southwest of Zavalla was flooded and closed.
December 2018FloodZavalla-Highway 63 was flooded near Bob Boulware Road.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Trees were blown down between Huntington and Zavalla.
August 2017Flash FloodZavalla-Farm to Market Road 1270 and Sandy Creek Road was closed due to high water.
August 2017Flash FloodZavalla-One lane of Highway 69 near Hubert Cryer Road south of Zavalla was flooded.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Several trees were downed near Zavalla, Texas.
April 2012HailZavalla-A boat launch on Lake Sam Rayburn reported quarter sized hail.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindZavalla-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 2011Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Trees were downed along Hwy. 69 near Zavalla, Texas.
April 2009Flash FloodZavalla-Angelina County sheriffs office reported that most roads in the town were underwater.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Trees were blown down near the Zavalla High School.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Trees downed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Trees and powelines were downed.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Trees blown down across the southeast portion of the county.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindZavalla-Numerous trees down.
April 2017HailZavalla-no account filed
May 2011HailZavalla-no account filed
April 2011HailZavalla-no account filed
April 2008HailZavalla-no account filed
May 2008HailZavalla-no account filed
May 2008HailZavalla-no account filed
April 2007HailZavalla-no account filed
May 2004HailZavalla-no account filed
May 1999HailZavalla-no account filed
January 1997HailZavalla-no account filed
January 1997Thunderstorm WindZavalla-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Angelina 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
Nancy3.6 miles16
Dolan4.9 miles16
Monterey5.2 miles15
Boynton5.3 miles15
Shawnee5.4 miles15
Manning6.0 miles15
Shawnee Prairie6.4 miles15
Martin7.8 miles16

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 ZavallaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982081The 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.