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Fort Bend County, Texas

83 topographic sheets cover 100 settlements here, and 8 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

8 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Fort Bend County within Texas

What the record shows

  • 1,178 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 8 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 100 populated places in this county; 100 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

8

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
Fort Bend County Courthousebuilding198080004119
Henry G. and Annie B. Green Housebuilding199696001016
Holy Rosary Catholic Churchbuilding2022100007913
Imperial Sugar Company Refinery Historic Districtbuilding2017100001253
Lamar-Calder Housebuilding200505000244
Methodist Church of Richmondbuilding201414000339
John M. and Lottie D. Moore Housebuilding200101000104
B. Ray and Charlotte Woods Housebuilding200403001377

Photographs from libraries nationwide

3 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 3 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

White's Café, Sugar Land, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
White's Café, Sugar Land, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Pecan Inn, hi-ways U.S. 59 and 90A, Richmond, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Pecan Inn, hi-ways U.S. 59 and 90A, Richmond, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Airport obstruction chart, OC 5537, Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field, Houston, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Airport obstruction chart, OC 5537, Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field, Houston, Texas. United States. National Ocean Service, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 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 3,407 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 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 1:23600
1951-11-03, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-11-03, scale 1:23600
1951-11-03, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-11-03, scale 1:23600
1951-11-03, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-11-03, scale 1:23600
1951-11-03, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-11, scale 1:69000
1952-12-11, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-11, scale 1:69000
1952-12-11, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-11, scale 1:69000
1952-12-11, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-11, scale 1:69000
1952-12-11, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-16, scale 1:69000
1953-04-16, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-16, scale 1:69000
1953-04-16, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-25, scale 1:69000
1953-04-25, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-04-25, scale 1:69000
1953-04-25, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-01-24, scale 1:34000
1955-01-24, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-01-24, scale 1:34000
1955-01-24, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-01-24, scale 1:34000
1955-01-24, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-01-24, scale 1:34000
1955-01-24, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-12-01, scale 1:24000
1958-12-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-12-01, scale 1:24000
1958-12-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-12-01, scale 1:24000
1958-12-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-12-01, scale 1:24000
1958-12-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-11-23, scale 1:22000
1961-11-23, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-11-23, scale 1:22000
1961-11-23, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-11-23, scale 1:22000
1961-11-23, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-11-23, scale 1:22000
1961-11-23, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-19, scale 1:21400
1966-10-19, scale 1:21400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-19, scale 1:21400
1966-10-19, scale 1:21400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-19, scale 1:21400
1966-10-19, scale 1:21400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-19, scale 1:21400
1966-10-19, scale 1:21400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-12-01, scale 1:12400
1968-12-01, scale 1:12400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-12-01, scale 1:12400
1968-12-01, scale 1:12400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-12-01, scale 1:12400
1968-12-01, scale 1:12400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-12-01, scale 1:12400
1968-12-01, scale 1:12400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-01, scale 1:30800
1969-05-01, scale 1:30800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-01, scale 1:30800
1969-05-01, scale 1:30800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-01, scale 1:30800
1969-05-01, scale 1:30800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-01, scale 1:30800
1969-05-01, scale 1:30800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-07, scale 1:121480
1970-01-07, scale 1:121480. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-07, scale 1:121480
1970-01-07, scale 1:121480. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-07, scale 1:121480
1970-01-07, scale 1:121480. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-07, scale 1:121480
1970-01-07, scale 1:121480. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:119817
1971-11-11, scale 1:119817. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:119817
1971-11-11, scale 1:119817. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:119817
1971-11-11, scale 1:119817. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:121660
1971-11-11, scale 1:121660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:122440
1972-04-18, scale 1:122440. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:122440
1972-04-18, scale 1:122440. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:122440
1972-04-18, scale 1:122440. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:122998
1972-04-18, scale 1:122998. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

49 stations, 12 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

46 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.

  • 79-1Justice Precinct 1: Richmond town: Richmond town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad; Town limits
  • 79-2Richmond town - That part Bounded by Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad; 7th, Austin, 11th; Town limits; Town limits
  • 79-3Richmond town - That part Bounded by Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad; Town limits; Town; limits 11th, Austin, 7th
  • 79-4Rosenberg city: Rosenberg city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Ave. E. 6th, Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; City limits
  • 79-5Rosenberg city - That part Bounded by Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; 6th, Ave. I. 1st; City limits; City limits
  • 79-6Rosenberg city - That part Bounded by Ave. E, City limits; City limits; City limits, Ave. I; 6th
  • 79-7Rosenberg city - That part Bounded by Ave. I; City limits; City limits; 1st
  • 79-8AJustice Precinct 1 - That part east of State Hwy. 36, south of U.S. Hwy. 59, and southwest of U.S. Hwy. 359, outside Richmond town and Rosenberg city.
  • 79-8BJustice Precinct 1 - That part north of U.S. Hwy. 59 and east of U.S. Hwy. 359, outside Richmond town and Rosenberg city
  • 79-9Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of State Hvy. 36, outside Rosenberg city
  • 79-10Justice Precinct 2: Needville town
  • 79-11Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of Fairchilds Creek and north- east of State Hwy. 36, outside Needville town
  • 79-12Justice Precinct 2 - That part north of Fairchilds Creek and east of State Hwy. 36
  • 79-13Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of State Hwy. 36 and northeast of an Unnamed road between Needville and precinct line, outside Needville town
  • 79-14Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of an Unnamed road extending from precinct line to Needville and northwest of Boling - Marlow - Needville Rd., and east of Snake Creek, outside Needville town
  • 79-15Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of Snake Creek
  • 79-16Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of State Hwy. 36 and east of Boling - Marlow - Needville Rd., outside Needville town
  • 79-17Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of State Hwy. 288, north of Blue Ridge State Prison Farm - Missouri City Rd. and U.S. Hwy. 59. excluding Blue Ridge State Prison Farm (part)
  • 79-18Blue Ridge State Prison Farm (In Justice Precinct 3)
  • 79-19Justice Precinct 3 - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 59, and Blue Ridge State Prison Farm - Missouri City Rd. and north of State Hwy. 6, excluding Blue Ridge State Prison Farm (part)
  • 79-20Justice Precinct 3 - That part south of State Hwy. 6
  • 79-21Justice Precinct 4: Sugar Land, unincorporated: Sugar Land, unincorporated Bounded by Wood, 5th; Unnamed Rd.; U.S. Hwy. 59; Prairie Farm Rd.
  • 79-22Sugar Land, unincorporated Bounded by Northeasterly line from intersection of Unnamed rd. and Sugarland Railway (M.P.) to Oyster Creek, Oyster Creek, easterly line from Oyster Creek to junction of Burney Rd. and Prairie Farm Rd.; Prairie Farm Rd.; U.S. Hwy. 59; Unnamed rd.
  • 79-23Sugar Land, unincorporated Bounded by U. S. Hwy. 59; Sugarland Railway (M.P.); Unnamed rd., Oyster Creek, Irrigation canal; Irrigation canal
  • 79-24Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of U. S. Hwy. 59 and east of Howellville - Sugar Land Rd., outside the unincorporated place of Sugar Land
  • 79-25Justice Precinct 4 - That part west of Howellville - Sugar Land Rd., north of Harlem State Prison Farm - Central State Prison Farm Rd., and east of Harlem State Prison Farm - Clodine Rd., excluding Central State Prison Farm (part)
  • 79-26Justice Precinct 4 - That part west of Harlem State Prison Farm - Clodine Rd., and north of U. S. Hwy. 59, excluding Harlem State Prison Farm
  • 79-27Harlem State Prison Farm (In Justice Precinct 4)
  • 79-28Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Harlem State Prison Farm - Central State Prison Farm Rd., west of Howellville - Sugar Land Rd., north of U. S. Hwy. 59 and east of Harlem State Prison Farm - Clodine Rd., outside the unincorporated place of Sugar Land, and excluding Central State Prison Farm (part)
  • 79-29Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 59 and northeast of State Hwy. 6, outside the unincorporated place of Sugar Land, and excluding Central State Prison Farm (part)
  • 79-30Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 59 and southwest of State Hwy. 6, excluding Central State Prison Farm (part)
  • 79-31Central State Prison Farm (In Justice Precinct 4)
  • 79-32Justice Precinct 5: Katy city - That part in Fort Bend County comprising part of Justice Precinct 5 (Remainder of Katy city is in Harris and Waller Counties)
  • 79-33Justice Precinct 5 - That part north of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Katy city
  • 79-34Justice Precinct 5 - That part south of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and northeast of Unnamed road extending northward from precinct line to Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 79-35Justice Precinct 5 - That part south of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and west of Flewellen - Rosenberg Rd.
  • 79-36Justice Precinct 5 - That part south of Unnamed road extending from Flewellen to precinct line and east of Flewellen - Rosenberg Rd.
  • 79-37Justice Precinct 6: Justice Precinct 6 - That part north of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and east of Brookshire Creek
  • 79-38Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of Brookshire Creek and north of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 79-39Justice Precinct 6 - That part south of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 79-40Justice Precinct 7: Justice Precinct 7 - That part north of Big Creek
  • 79-41Justice Precinct 7 - That part south of Big Creek
  • 79-42Justice Precinct 8: Justice Precinct 8 - That part north of State Hwy. 36
  • 79-43Justice Precinct 8 - That part south of State Hwy. 36 and north of U.S. Hwy. 90-A
  • 79-44Justice Precinct 8 - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 90-A and west of Turkey Creek
  • 79-45Justice Precinct 8 - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 90-A and east of Turkey Creek

Wildfire, 2003 to 2020

140 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 140 of them, burning about 8,692 acres. 1 started naturally and 4 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Debris and open burning52
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,426 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism400 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEEDVILLE
26 May 2006Misuse of fire by a minor303 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKE OLYMPIA
8 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined210 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOLFGANG RD
6 February 2009Equipment and vehicle use150 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1462 @ NORDT ROAD
17 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUNT ROAD
22 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

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

Storms, 1950 to 2026

60 of 448 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 448 reports for this county, causing 10 deaths, 79 injuries and about $8,028,182,800 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind163
Hail128
Tornado60
Flash Flood56
Lightning23
Funnel Cloud16
Heavy Rain2

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
August 2017Flash FloodKendleton3 killed, $8,000,000,000There were numerous road closures around the Rosenberg and Richmond areas. Some of these roads included Highway 90 at Highway 36 and Lane Drive, Lane Drive at Mustang Road and I-69 at FM 762 and Reading Road. Major record level flooding of both the Brazos and San Bernard Rivers caused significant home flooding from Richmond to Rosharon. Massive flooding occurred in Tierra Grande subdivision along the San Bernard River in southwestern Fort Bend County. Home flooding occurred at Valley Lodge in Simonton, along Edgewood and Baudet Roads in Richmond, along Bar, Barker, Cumings, Sixth Street, Avenue B and Rio Brazos Roads in Rosenberg. Sections of FM 2759 as well as the Grand River, Rivers Edge and Pecan Estates in Thompsons flooded. Many countywide roads became inundated in flood waters including, but not limited to, Highway 90A, Pitts Road, FM 1489, FM 723, FM 1093, FM 359, SH 6 feeder roads, Sienna Parkway, Carrol Road, McKeever Road, Knights Court, Miller Road, river Oaks Road, Thompsons Ferry Road, Strange Drive, Greenwood Drive, Second Street and low lying roads in Quail Valley in Missouri City. Due to record pool levels in Barker Reservoir, homes in Cinco Ranch flooded. Big Creek flooding in Needville caused the flooding of homes on Ansel Road. Flooding being reported in or within homes in Missouri City with water rescues being conducted off of the Westpark Tollway in the Jeanetta Sharpstown area.
April 1965Tornado (F3)not stated1 killed, 3 hurt, $25,000no account filed
July 2003LightningSugarland1 killed, 2 hurtThree males struck after taking shelter under a large tree. One twenty-one year old died, two others (twenty-three and twenty-seven years old) were injured. Group was installing a chain-link fence.
May 2015Flash FloodClodine1 killed, $1,000,000Flash flooding occurred across the central and eastern part of the county. There were vehicles flooded with numerous impassable roadways in and around the Sugar Land and Rosenberg areas. There was one drowning fatality.
October 2006Flash FloodNeedville1 killed, $15,000A 56 year old male driver of a vehicle drowned when he lost control on a water covered roadway on FM 1462 near the Fort Bend-Brazoria County line. The vehicle overturned and landed upside down in a deep ditch filled with water. The victim was discovered after 6 AM.
September 2003LightningRosenberg1 killedLightning strike, 1 fatality. Landscaper sought refuge under tree near the Pecan Grove subdivision.
August 2002LightningNeedville1 killedMan struck and killed by lightning in rice field along FM 442.
June 1996LightningStafford1 killedno account filed
November 2003Tornado (F2)Sugarland60 hurt, $500,000Tornado touched down on west Airport Drive near Industrial in Sugar Land. 60 injuries with 7 people sent to hospital for further treatment. Damage to several office building roofs in Industrial Park. Additional damage to a Daycare facility at West Airport Drive and Dairy Ashford Road. Roof damage to several residential homes in the Meadows subdivision. Reports of several cars overturned or blown off of road along Airport Drive.
February 1998Tornado (F1)Sugarland4 hurt, $3,700,000Tornado touched down at the First Colony Mall. Dillards downwind wall was torn down along with minor structural damage to other stores. The tornado then crossed HWY 59 And damaged the Aerodrome (ice skating rink) and other nearby stores and signs. The tornado path ended on the south side of HWY 6 at Williams Grant Rd. 4 minor injuries from flying glass
March 2022Tornado (EF0)Kendleton4 hurt, $100,000This EF1 tornado produced a path of damage that included the flipping of an RV home, the uprooting of a few large trees and severe damage to another home. There were four injuries to the occupants of the RV. Damage was mainly EF0 but rated a minimal EF1 based on damage to the second property.
September 2002Tornado (F1)Needville3 hurt, $100,000Tornado injured three when mobile home was destroyed; numerous trees down too.
September 1974Tornado (F3)not stated2 hurtno account filed
May 1972Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
November 1992Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
August 2017Tornado (EF1)Hobby$2,000,000Damage to 28 homes in the Woodland West subdivision. Damage path extends from Stafford into Missouri City. The worst of the damage was high end EF1.
April 2001HailMissouri City$2,000,000no account filed
October 1997Tornado (F1)Sugarland$1,100,000109 houses/businesses sustained damage. This tornado was mostly F0 with some F1 damage.
February 2017Tornado (EF2)Crabb$1,000,000This EF-2 tornado's damage path began in the southern portion of Brazos Village on the north side of FM 762 where roofs suffered minor damage and fences were blown down. The path continued east southeastward across FM 762 with more significant damage in the northern portion of Bridlewood Estates. A large abandoned grain dryer was severely damaged and several large metal silos were completely destroyed. One house on the southeast side of the silos had sections of the roof completely removed on both the north and south facing sides. The tornado continued on an east southeast track across the subdivision. The most severe damage was to a large anchored garage which was completely destroyed with debris pushed off to the south southeast. A pickup truck in the driveway was moved and a car inside the garage was lifted and ended up on top of the debris pile. The house directly across the street suffered damage as the front porch and associated supports shifted with the anchored porch columns pushed inward toward the house. Windows were blown out and a wrought iron metal fence concreted into the ground was heavily damaged. Several other roofs in this stretch were damaged along with many fences and trees downed. Aerial drone footage showed well defined path but nonuniform damage. Eyewitnesses from just north of the grain dryer saw strong west to east winds ripping apart the structure but noted winds from north to south when looking west suggesting a large circulation. All features were rain wrapped. Estimated peak winds were 115 mph.
April 2013Flash FloodClodine$1,000,000Heavy rain caused the flooding of numerous roads, that became impassable, across southwestern Harris County into eastern Fort Bend County. Harris County Flood Control District instruments recorded near one inch five minute rainfall rates over Brays Bayou at South Main/Reliant Park. One hour totals exceeded four inches at Reliant Park.||Heavy rain caused the flooding of numerous roads, that became impassable, across southwestern Harris County into eastern Fort Bend County. Harris County Flood Control District instruments recorded near one inch five minute rainfall rates over Brays Bayou at South Main/Reliant Park. One hour totals exceeded four inches at Reliant Park. ||There were 98 homes and 2 businesses that were flooded. The majority of the flooded homes were in the Westbury area. Widespread significant street flooding occurred along US Highway 59, the south 610 loop, and State Highway 288. The main lanes of SH 288 were closed for several hours due to high water and over 80 vehicles were stranded on the US Highway 59 service roads between Beltway 8 and Highway 90. There was high water as deep as up to the door handles of cars on Monroe Road near Hobby Airport. Hundreds of stranded motorists required high water rescues.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCountywide$1,000,000Numerous trees and power lines down across county.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindFulshear$1,000,000Fulshear reported 85 mph winds. Extensive damage done to the Guest Motel in Stafford and throughout Stafford. This includes tree/power lines blown down, signs down, satellite dishes down.
April 2016Flash FloodSugarland$992,000The Brazos River turnaround at Highway 59, along with the Highway 90 underpass between Richmond and Rosenberg and Highway 90A at Highway 99, were all impassable due to flooding.
August 2017Tornado (EF1)Katy$800,000Tornado touched down near Trailer World RV and Boat Storage facility then crossed Interstate 10. It did minor damage to Bucees car wash area then ripped large air conditioning units off top of Pepperl Fuchs buiding. Finally in damaged awnings near Builders First building. Tornado crossed from Fort Bend into Waller County. This entry documents Fort Bend County segment.
August 2001Flash FloodSouth Portion$750,000Water reported in 100 homes in rural areas of southern part of county.
February 2017Tornado (EF0)Crabb$500,000This EF-0 tornado touched down on the west side of Crabb River Road about a mile north of FM 762 and then crossed Crabb River Road into the Tara subdivision where several homes suffered roof, fence and tree damage. Spotty roof and tree damage continued generally eastward across the entire subdivision and into the western section of Greatwood in a well defined path. Security footage from nearby Valasquez Elementary showed very strong shifting winds near the tornado. A police officer experienced very strong winds from the west, then the passage of the small tornado south of the school suggesting perhaps a satellite tornado on the southern flank of the larger circulation may have been responsible for the more significant damage. Estimated peak winds were 80 mph.
August 2017Tornado (EF1)Sugarland Jct$500,000Tornado tracked across Sienna Plantation subdivision downing trees and damaging roofs on about 25 homes. Vieux Carre Ct and Steve Ct were hardest hit.
August 2017Tornado (EF1)Juliff$500,000An EF-1 tornado touched down southeast of Juliff and tracked from Brazoria into Fort Bend County. Damage occurred to some roofs Several trees there were either snapped or downed. Damage path crossed county line from Brazoria to Fort Bend County. This entry is for the Fort Bend County segment.
January 2012Tornado (EF1)Clodine$500,000An EF-1 tornado with peak winds estimated at 95 mph briefly touched down near the intersection of Bissonnet and Gains Road. Several homes were damaged along Turphin Way with one home sustaining significant roof damage. The tornado crossed north of Bissonnet, downed fences, and produced roof damage to approximately ten homes along Royal Way. The damage path continued north and east with minor roof and fence damage observed along Havencrest and Vistamont Drives. The damage path ended near the intersection of Rocky Valley Road and High Haven Drive.
November 2003Tornado (F2)Stafford$300,000Tornado touched down in the Meadows subdivision in Fort Bend County and traveled into Harris County. One home lost roof with several other homes damaged.
April 2004Flash FloodFulshear$250,000Flooding in the Pecan Hill subdivision. 15 to 20 homes flooded. Two feet of water in the worst flooded homes.
November 1992Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
February 2017Tornado (EF0)Stafford$200,000This EF-0 tornado tracked southeastward through the northern part of Stafford and shattered windows in a business area just west of the intersection of FM 1092 and Mula Rd. A 400 pound AC unit was shifted on the roof. Numerous greenhouses were damaged at a nursery along FM 1092. Southeast of the nursery, metal storage buildings were damaged or destroyed. There was more spotty wind damage beyond the end of the more continuous track. An eyewitness observed swirling debris as the storm moved through. The shifting winds were also observed from a gas station security video. Estimated peak winds were 80 mph.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindSugarland$200,000Cars damaged by fallen light poles at car dealership on SH 6.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindFairchilds$200,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindNeedville$200,000no account filed
February 2017Tornado (EF0)Smada$150,000This EF-0 tornado touched down near Dulles Ave north of Lexington Park Elementary but did little damage to the surrounding subdivision. A better defined damage path was found to the northeast in Brightwood Estates with several homes suffering minor damage to roofs and fences along the southwest to northeast track. Two chimneys were ripped off houses. Numerous witnesses observed swirling debris. Estimated peak winds were 80 mph.
March 2002Tornado (F0)Beasley$150,000A Tornado touchdown had severely damaged a home in Beasley, reported by Sheriff.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindStafford$150,000Fire Department reported a sheet metal roof was ripped off a building and blown into a neighboring daycare.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindSugarland$150,000Damage to an RV park at US 59 and Crabb River Road. Power lines down at US 59 and Ranson Road. Several trailers knocked over with signs, fences, and awnings blown down.
May 2013LightningClodine$130,000Lightning caused a home fire on the 10500 block of East Aliana Trace Drive in Mission Bend.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMissouri City$100,000Wind damage occurred along the Joann Street area and included a construction company and nursery, with significant damage to an awning and a metal roof. There were also downed trees. Damage was pushed toward thew northeast.
May 2013LightningKaty$100,000Lightning caused a house fire in the Silver Ranch subdivision in Katy.
October 2002Flash FloodRosenberg$100,000Flooding at Highway 36 and Highway 90. One of the highest points in the Mission Bend Subdivision also flooded.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindRichmond$100,000Roof was torn off a mobile home.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindRichmond$100,000Numerous trees and signs blown down in area. Small building destroyed at Cottonwood with barn blown down on Psencik Road. Power poles down at Cottonwood and on Band Road.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Fairchilds$100,000Tornado along FM 361 near Fairchilds about 2 miles west of intersection of FM 1994 and FM 1852. Power lines and power poles downed, barn damaged and trees uprooted.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindRosenberg$100,000no account filed
August 2016LightningCrabb$80,000Lightning struck a home that caused a fire that extensively damaged a residential home.
November 2003Flash FloodKendleton$80,000Extensive flooding in and around Kendleton. Flooding extended into the towns of Needville and Mission Bend.
May 1999HailArcola$80,000Baseball-sized hail at intersection of FM 521 and Hwy. 6.
May 1999HailArcola$80,000Baseball-sized hail along Hwy. 6 just west of Brazoria county line.
June 2008LightningDewalt$75,000A house suffered considerable damage after a lightning strike sparked a fire.
March 2002HailRichmond$75,000Quarter sized hail occurred in the Pecan Grove Plantation subdivision, reported by a ham radio operator.
October 2003Thunderstorm WindKendleton$60,000Extensive damage to local area college. Roof and water damage to campus buildings and dormitories.
March 2024HailNeedville$50,000Tennis ball sized hail caused some damage to homes across Needville.
June 2021LightningBooth$50,000A home in Fort Bend County caught fire after being struck by lightning.
May 2019Flash FloodSmada$50,000There were flooded cars at Highway 59 and Williams Trace Blvd. Widespread flooding was reported in Sugar Land.
May 2019Flash FloodBooth$50,000All major roadways were impassable due to flooding in Sugar Land.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMissouri City$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto a home on Mackworth Drive. Nearby, two doors were bent at a storage unit facility on Mula Circle.

Mines and quarries

27 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 27 workings inside this county. 12 still produce and 15 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction15
Sulfur6
Clay2
Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure2
Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite2
Halite2
Halite, Bromine1
Salt1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Ridge DivisionSaltProducer
Blue Ridge MineHalite, BromineProducer1903
Big Creek MineSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra PurePast Producer1922, 1925
Clodine PitClayProducer
Clodine PitClayProducerSedimentary
Long Point Dome MineSulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure, HaliteProducer1924, 1930
Nash Dome MineSulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure, HalitePast Producer1954, 1969
Orchard Dome MineSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra PurePast Producer1929, 1938, 1970
Sugarland Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1926
Thompson Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1925
Jefferson Lake SulphurSulfurProducer
Long Point DomeSulfurPast Producer1924, 1930
Pugmill #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Dredge OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel
Unnamed Dredging CorporationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

The county's history books

78,001 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 48 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.

History of Fort Bend County, Containing Biographical Sketches of Many Noted Characters (1904)

ChapterLength
Chapter 1964 words
Chapter 23,032 words
Chapter 3644 words
Chapter 53,697 words
Chapter 63,302 words
Chapter 7522 words
Chapter 81,229 words
Chapter 92,538 words
Chapter 10810 words
Chapter 111,575 words
Chapter 124,387 words
Chapter 131,198 words
Chapter 147,131 words
Chapter 192,907 words
Chapter 207,904 words
Chapter 21888 words
Chapter 22460 words
Chapter 241,020 words
Chapter 251,966 words
Chapter 26769 words
Chapter 28818 words
Chapter 29433 words
Chapter 301,615 words
Chapter 317,009 words
Chapter 32632 words
Chapter 33441 words
Chapter 372,569 words
Chapter 391,392 words
Chapter 40561 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 30 of those read)605 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 31 of those read)699 words
Chapter 44484 words
Chapter 46433 words
Chapter 48732 words
Chapter 49725 words
Chapter 501,105 words
Chapter 51639 words
Chapter 52533 words
Chapter 56479 words
Chapter 571,947 words
Chapter 59582 words
Chapter 61790 words
Chapter 62507 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 44 of those read)484 words
Chapter 64: Sugarland - Colonel Cunningham^s Plantation1,157 words
Chapter 65648 words
Chapter 692,479 words
Chapter 70560 words

Every populated place in the county

100

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 vanished settlements of Fort Bend County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

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.