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Bee County, Texas

49 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

13 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Bee County within Texas

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Beeville, between 1898 and 1947.
  • 7 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 249 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 13 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 12 buildings and 1 structure.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 27 populated places in this county; 27 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

8 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Naval Air Station Chase Field, Texas State Highway 202, 4.8 miles east of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & U.S. State Highway 181, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Texas State Highway 202, 4.8 miles east of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & U.S. State Highway 181, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1015, Byrd Street, .82 mile South-southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1015, Byrd Street, .82 mile South-southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Quarters S, Essex Street, .45 mile South-Southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Quarters S, Essex Street, .45 mile South-Southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1040, Enterprise Street, .37 mile South-Southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1040, Enterprise Street, .37 mile South-Southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1009, Essex Street, .68 mile South-southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1009, Essex Street, .68 mile South-southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1001, Independence Street, .45 mile south of intersection of Texas State Highway & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1001, Independence Street, .45 mile south of intersection of Texas State Highway & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1042, Ofstie Road, .6 mile South-Southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Building 1042, Ofstie Road, .6 mile South-Southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Quarters R, Essex Street, .43 mile South-Southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Naval Air Station Chase Field, Quarters R, Essex Street, .43 mile South-Southeast of intersection of Texas State Highway 202 & Independence Street, Beeville, Bee County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

13

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Bee County Courthousebuilding200101000105
Beeville Post Officebuilding200707000272
Lott-Canada Schoolbuilding201010000981
Medio Creek Bridgestructure198888002000
NAS Chase Field-Building 1001building199494000050
NAS Chase Field-Building 1009building199494000051
NAS Chase Field-Building 1015building199494000052
NAS Chase Field-Building 1040building199494000053
NAS Chase Field-Building 1042building199494000054
NAS Chase Field-Quarters Rbuilding199494000055
NAS Chase Field-Quarters Sbuilding199494000056
Praeger Buildingbuilding198282004490
Rialto Theaterbuilding200101001265

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

1

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1879 - Map of Bee County, Texas
Land ownership map (1879) - Map of Bee County, Texas. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

38 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 3,183 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 38 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-11-03, scale 1:17000
1951-11-03, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-11-03, scale 1:17000
1951-11-03, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-11-03, scale 1:17000
1951-11-03, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-11-03, scale 1:17000
1951-11-03, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-10, scale 1:17000
1952-01-10, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-10, scale 1:17000
1952-01-10, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-10, scale 1:17000
1952-01-10, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-10, scale 1:17000
1952-01-10, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-01, scale 1:6000
1957-02-01, scale 1:6000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-01, scale 1:6000
1957-02-01, scale 1:6000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-01, scale 1:6000
1957-02-01, scale 1:6000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-01, scale 1:6000
1957-02-01, scale 1:6000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-05, scale 1:17600
1962-02-05, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-12, scale 1:17600
1962-02-12, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-12, scale 1:17600
1962-02-12, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-12, scale 1:17600
1962-02-12, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-19, scale 1:17200
1964-02-19, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-19, scale 1:17200
1964-02-19, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-19, scale 1:17200
1964-02-19, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-19, scale 1:17200
1964-02-19, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-12-22, scale 1:20500
1972-12-22, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-12-22, scale 1:20500
1972-12-22, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-12-22, scale 1:20500
1972-12-22, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-12-22, scale 1:20500
1972-12-22, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-01-01, scale 1:20800
1974-01-01, scale 1:20800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-01-01, scale 1:20800
1974-01-01, scale 1:20800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-01-01, scale 1:20800
1974-01-01, scale 1:20800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-01-01, scale 1:20800
1974-01-01, scale 1:20800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-24, scale 1:80000
1975-02-24, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-24, scale 1:80000
1975-02-24, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-09, scale 1:80000
1979-02-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-09, scale 1:80000
1979-02-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-09, scale 1:80000
1979-02-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-09, scale 1:80000
1979-02-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-10, scale 1:65000
1989-12-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-10, scale 1:65000
1989-12-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-10, scale 1:65000
1989-12-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-10, scale 1:65000
1989-12-10, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

14 stations, 2 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

30 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 13-1Justice Precinct 1: Beeville city: Beeville city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Fannin, Tyler, Hutchinson; Southern Pacific Railroad
  • 13-2Beeville city - That part Bounded by City limits; Southern Pacific Railroad; Nannie; City limits
  • 13-3Beeville city - That part Bounded by Nannie; Southern Pacific Railroad; Third, Paesta Creek; City limits
  • 13-4Beeville city - That part Bounded by Hutchinson; Tyler; Hayes, St. Marys, Carter; Southern Pacific Railroad
  • 13-5BBeeville city - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad; City limits; Kennedy, Kathleen, Steiner; Tyler
  • 13-5ABeeville city - That part Bounded by Fannin; City limits; Southern Pacific Railroad; Tyler
  • 13-6Beeville city - That part Bounded by Steiner, Kathleen, Kennedy; City limits; Milam; Tyler
  • 13-7Beeville city - That part excluding Kohler Hotel Bounded by Carter, St. Marys, Hayes; Tyler; Bowie; Southern Pacific Railroad
  • 13-8Kohler Hotel (In Beeville city)
  • 13-9Beeville city - That part Bounded by Paesta Creek, Third; Southern Pacific Railroad; Corpus Christi; City limits
  • 13-10Beeville city - That part Bounded by Corpus Christi; Southern Pacific Railroad; Stamper; City limits
  • 13-11Beeville city - That part Bounded by Bowie; Tyler; Paesta Creek; Southern Pacific Railroad
  • 13-12Beeville city - That part Bounded by Milam; City limits; City limits; Paesta Creek, Tyler
  • 13-13Beeville city - That part Bounded by Paesta Creek; Paesta Creek; City limits; Southern Pacific Railroad
  • 13-14Beeville city - That part Bounded by Stamper; Southern Pacific Railroad; City limits; City limits
  • 13-15AJustice Precinct 1 - That part north of State Hwy. 202 and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Beeville city
  • 13-15BJustice Precinct 1 - That part south of State Hwy. 202 and east at Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Beeville city
  • 13-16Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad and northwest of State Hwy. 202, outside Beeville city
  • 13-17Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of State Hwy. 202 and west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Beeville city
  • 13-18Justice Precinct 2
  • 13-19Justice Precinct 3
  • 13-20Justice Precinct 4
  • 13-21Justice Precinct 5: Justice Precinct 5 - That part southeast of the Caesar-Kennedy Rd. and east of Dry Medio Creek
  • 13-22Justice Precinct 5 - That part northwest of the Caesar - Kennedy Rd, and west of Dry Medio Creek
  • 13-23Justice Precinct 6: Skidmore, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo AWQ - 5 - 78)
  • 13-24Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of U.S. Hwy 59 and north of Skidmore - Olmos Rd., extended northward to precinct line, outside unincorporated place of Skidmore (See aerial photo AWQ - 5 - 78 for boundaries of Skidmore)
  • 13-25Justice Precinct 6 - That part south of the Skidmore - Olmos Rd., extended northward to precinct line and northwest of U.S. Hwy. 59, outside unincorporated place of Skidmore (See aerial photo AWQ - 5 - 78 for boundaries of Skidmore)
  • 13-26Justice Precinct 6 - That part southeast of U.S. Hwy. 59, outside unincorporated place of Skidmore (See aerial photo AWQ - 5 - 78 for boundaries of Skidmore)
  • 13-27Justice Precinct 7
  • 13-28Justice Precinct 8

Wildfire, 2004 to 2020

629 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 629 of them, burning about 12,348 acres. 4 started naturally and 10 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning280
Missing data/not specified/undetermined165
Equipment and vehicle use100
Smoking42
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 March 2009Equipment and vehicle use800 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePAWNEE FIRE
2 January 2008Debris and open burning700 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 December 2010Debris and open burning600 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOVLISH RD
4 March 2009Debris and open burning600 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
6 August 2016Debris and open burning500 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceYOUNTS
16 May 2018Arson/incendiarism339 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 150
5 March 2008Equipment and vehicle use300 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 May 2008Debris and open burning300 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2025

60 of 284 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 284 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 6 injuries and about $15,810,280 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail86
Thunderstorm Wind86
Flash Flood59
Tornado36
Funnel Cloud7
Flood5
Heavy Rain4
Lightning1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1994Tornado (F1)Beeville5 hurt, $500,000A tornado touched down just southwest of the Beeville airport, destroying a large hangar. The tornado also destroyed five mobile homes near the airport, then lifted and dissipated. Power was reported out in the area as well.
May 1980Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNormanna$5,000,000NWS Storm Survey team concluded a macroburst of straight line winds impacted Bee County. The greatest concentration of damage occurred from 10 miles northwest of Beeville to Beeville to Skidmore to east of Papalote. Peak wind speeds were estimated to be between 80 and 85 mph in Beeville and between 85 to 90 mph in Skidmore. This caused extensive and widespread tree damage, crop damage, and numerous bent or blown down utility poles. Many homes and mobile homes were damaged, mainly from falling tree limbs. A grain silo was blown down and damage occurred to the Bonnie plant farm on the south side of Beeville. Large trees were blown down in Skidmore.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000,000The Sheriff's Department reported damage across much of the county. Thunderstorms moving through Bee County knocked down numerous trees and more than 30 power lines. Ten mobile homes suffered structural damage or were destroyed, and a house was damaged. The damage was very sporadic across the county, leading some to question whether a tornado might have occurred. No funnels or tornadoes, however, were reported to have been sighted. No injuries were indicated.
April 2019Tornado (EF0)(Nir)Nas Chase Fld B$1,250,000The tornado touched down on Chase Field southeast of Beeville and traveled about a half of a mile across the airport property before dissipating. The tornado damaged around 50 unsecured recreational vehicles (RVs) and severely damaged or destroyed 12 RVs. Several hangars had roof damage with asphalt roofing materials blown off on to the airport tarmac. Several unsecured, full sized single-wide mobile homes were blown over also.
May 2013Flash FloodPettus$500,000Heavy rainfall between 7 to 9 inches occurred over northern Bee County causing significant flooding along Medio Creek. Flood waters from Medio Creek caused road closures along U. S. Highway 181 at the intersections with Farm to Market Road 623 in Pettus and with Farm to Market Road 798 in Tulsita. Flood waters reached a depth of 1 to 2 feet in homes and businesses in the city of Pettus, including the Dairy Queen and U. S. Post Office. Damage estimates from the flooding were at half of a million dollars.
February 1994Thunderstorm WindBlanco$500,000A severe thunderstorm moving eastward across the county produced golf ball-sized hail, followed very quickly by a small and short-lived tornado. No one was injured and no significant damage was done by the tornado.
September 1988Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 1981Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
September 1968Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1962Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBeeville$200,000Roof and awning damage occurred to several buildings near West 2nd Street and Jackson Street. Trees were blown down and roof damage occurred around the city of Beeville.
May 2015Flash FloodPoesta$200,000Several city streets were flooded in Beeville with vehicles stalled in high water. Several homes were flooded in town.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindBeeville$100,000Trees were uprooted and carports were damaged across the northwest part of Beeville. Beall's Department store sustained roof damage.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMineral$100,000Pictures relayed through social media of significant property damage near Mineral.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindBeeville$100,000Trees and power lines were blown down over the eastern portions of the city of Beeville. An awning at a business was blown down. Several fences were blown down.
February 2016HailBeeville$100,000Spotter reported golf ball sized hail occurred at the hospital in Beeville, near Highway 181 and 59. Wind driven hail broke windows at the hospital and a few businesses.
May 2012HailBeeville$100,000Golf ball sized hail occurred at the Central Fire Station in Beeville.
May 2004Flash FloodSouth Portion$94,000Extensive flash flooding occurred across the southern portion of Bee county, mainly south of U.S. 59. All primary and secondary roads became impassible. Roads into Tynan, Skidmore and Papalote were all cutt off due to high water. Several homes, a church and three school buildings were flooded in Skidmore. Rescues were required for some residents throughout the southern part of the county. Schools were closed the next day due to impassible roads. Radar estimates widespread 5 to 8 inches of rain fell over the southern half of the county, south of Beeville. A bullseye of 8 to 12 inches was estimated to have fallen between Skidmore, Tynan and Olmos. A spotter recorded 7.7 inches of rain falling in just 2.5 hours. See episode narrative below for more information including rainfall amounts.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBeeville$50,000Power poles were blown down in Beeville with portions of the city without electricity.
May 2015Flash FloodBeeville$50,000Many streets in Beeville were flooded. A water rescue was performed to pull a woman from a car in flood waters at Stamper Street and Alta Vista Boulevard.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindTynan$50,000Winds blew power poles down along a long stretch of Highway 359 between Tynan and Skidmore. Power poles and power lines were on the west bound lanes causing a road closure.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindYougeen$50,000A power pole was blown down near Farm to Market Roads 888 and 351. Large tree limbs were blown down through the city of Beeville.
May 2012Flash FloodBeeville$50,000Heavy rainfall of 2 to 3 inches in an hour caused flooding of low lying areas. High water rescue was conducted by Beeville Fire Department along Poesta Creek.
July 2007Flash FloodBeeville$50,000Between 3 and 6 inches of heavy rain fell across portions of central and southern Bee county, resulting in widespread flash flooding of small creeks and low lying roads. Many secondary roads and highways as well as Farm to Market Roads throguhout the county were flooded. Water made it into some homes along West Bowie Street in Beeville. Hardest hit areas in Beeville were streets along the flooded Poesta Creek. Roughly 20 people were rescued from stranded vehicles and from homes in Beeville.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindBeeville$50,000The County Sheriff's Office reported some mobile homes blown off their foundations and tree damage in the Blueberry Hill area.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindBeeville$50,000The Sheriff's Office reported power lines down near Beeville and several large trees down near Normanna.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBeeville$25,000Tree was blown down on to the roof of a garage.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindBeeville$25,000Trees and power poles were blown down near Paw Place in Beeville.
June 2018Flash FloodBeeville$25,000Heavy rain to the northwest of Beeville in the watershed of Poesta Creek led to flooding in Beeville. Low lying areas along Poesta Creek were flooded with road closure barricades set up. Farm to Market Roads 673 and 351 were flooded. A few water rescues were conducted for people driving around barricades.
May 2015HailBeeville$25,000Quarter sized hail occurred in Beeville.
March 2012HailBeeville$25,000Pea to quarter sized hail occurred in the city of Beeville.
May 2012HailBeeville Muni Arpt$25,000Spotter reported mostly nickel sized hail with some golf ball sized hail to the southwest of Beeville.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindOlmos$25,000A supercell moved southeast across Live Oak County into Bee County. This storm produced a 5 to 10 mile swath of damage mainly due to high winds. A couple of semi-trucks were turned over along Interstate 37. Several power poles were snapped or leaned over along with highway signs being blown over and business signs blown out. Medium to large tree branches were snapped in some areas along the path. Damage to cables on cell phone towers was also observed. The winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 mph with gusts as high as 80 mph.
May 2006Flash FloodBeeville$25,000Several city streets flooded in Beeville. Nine water rescues performed on people stranded in vehicles at the corner of Minneapolis and Stamper Streets. One rescue performed on women who was stranded in home flooded by rising water. Several businesses along North Washington Street had rising water enter their buildings.
September 1991Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1981Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1980Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1976Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
September 1967Tornadonot stated$25,000no account filed
June 1963Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2013Heavy RainPoesta$20,000Four inches of rain occurred northeast of Beeville. This led to water covering the roadway on U. S. Highway 59 which caused multiple vehicle accidents.
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Tynan$20,000An NWS Survey concluded and EF-1 tornado touched down approximately 1.5 miles southeast of Tynan, in a grain field south of FM 796. The tornado was approximately 1/4 mile wide, and on the ground for roughly 2.51 miles in San Patricio County before crossing into Bee County. The tornado then continued roughly another 5 miles to the east-southeast on the Bee and San Patricio County line, or just inside the Bee County line. Crops were flattened, several large crop sprinklers flipped over, a shed was partially destroyed, and power poles snapped along the path. Maximum wind speeds of 90 mph were estimated.
March 2009LightningBeeville$20,000Lightning struck an oil tank, which resulted in a fire.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPawnee$15,000Bee County emergency management reported damage to barns and outbuildings from thunderstorms.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBeeville Muni Arpt$15,000Beeville Municipal Airport AWOS measured a gust to 81 mph. Damage occurred to a couple of storage buildings at the airport.
February 2013Thunderstorm WindSkidmore$15,000NWS storm survey concluded that a microburst with winds up to 70 mph impacted a narrow corridor through the central portion of the city of Skidmore. The axis of wind damage was concentrated near the intersection of U. S. Highway 181 and West Main Street. The perimeter fence of the high school baseball field was torn down. A portion of a roof was lifted off a home near North 7th Street and East Mathis Street, and a large tree limb as blown down on 2nd Street.
June 2021Flash FloodBeeville$10,000Water covered the roadway on Farm to Market Road 888 just south of Highway 351 on the south side of Beeville.
June 2021Flash FloodSkidmore$10,000Highway 359 was closed due to water over the road between Skidmore and Tynan.
June 2021Flash FloodBeeville$10,000Water was over the road on Highway 59 southwest of Beeville.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindTulsita$10,000Trees were blown down along Farm to Market Road 798 near Tulsita.
June 2019HailBlanconia$10,000Hen egg sized hail occurred in Blanconia.
April 2017HailTuleta$10,000Golf ball sized hail occurred in Tuleta.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBeeville$10,000Winds blew down 10 trees in the city of Beeville.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBeeville$10,000Power lines and trees were blown down around East Claire Street and North Jefferson Street. Many areas in Beeville were without power.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBeeville$10,000Multiple power poles were blown down near Avenue E in Beeville.
March 2012HailBeeville$10,000Spotter reported quarter sized hail in the northeast side of the city of Beeville.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindBeeville Muni Arpt$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew a porch off of a mobile home. A large tree was blown down also.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindBeeville$10,000Minor roof damage to some homes and two uprooted trees were reported in Beeville.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTynan$5,000A shed and mesquite trees were blown down northwest of Tynan near Farm to Market Road 796.

Mines and quarries

4 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 4 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Uranium2
Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Molybdenum, Selenium1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pawnee MineUranium, Molybdenum, SeleniumPast ProducerStratabound
Intercontinental Energy CorpUraniumProducer
Moore Materials Co IncStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

27

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Beeville, Texas

9 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1898 to 1947

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

8 structures

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.