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Lavaca County, Texas

39 topographic sheets cover 31 settlements here, and 9 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

9 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Lavaca County within Texas
Explore by year 1879 1896

What the record shows

  • 286 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 9 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings and 1 district.
  • 2 of the 9 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 31 populated places in this county; 31 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

9

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
Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Churchbuilding198383003148
Baker Housebuilding199898001345
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of Peacebuilding198383003149
Church of the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Marybuilding198383003150
Kahn and Stanzel Buildingbuilding201414000964
Lavaca County Courthousebuilding197171000945
Lay-Bozka Housebuilding197171000946
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Churchbuilding198383003151
Yoakum Commercial Historic Districtdistrict2019100004095

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

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 Lavaca County, Texas
Land ownership map (1879) - Map of Lavaca County, Texas. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1896 - Lavaca Co
Land ownership map (1896) - Lavaca Co. Library of Congress.

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.

Triangle Motel, intersection of hi-ways U.S. 90A, U.S. 77 & U.S. 77A, Hallettsville, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Triangle Motel, intersection of hi-ways U.S. 90A, U.S. 77 & U.S. 77A, Hallettsville, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Bel Air Motel & Restaurant, intersection hi-ways U.S. 90A and 77, Hallettsville, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Bel Air Motel & Restaurant, intersection hi-ways U.S. 90A and 77, Hallettsville, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Baldwin Business College, 1010 Nelson St., Yoakum, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Baldwin Business College, 1010 Nelson St., Yoakum, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

43 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 2,119 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 43 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, 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, 1953-04-16, 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, 1961-10-03, scale 1:16800
1961-10-03, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-03, scale 1:16800
1961-10-03, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-03, scale 1:16800
1961-10-03, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-03, scale 1:16800
1961-10-03, scale 1:16800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-06, scale 1:17600
1962-02-06, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-06, scale 1:17600
1962-02-06, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-06, scale 1:17600
1962-02-06, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-06, scale 1:17600
1962-02-06, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:11000
1964-02-10, scale 1:11000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17600
1964-02-10, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17600
1964-02-10, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17600
1964-02-10, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-13, scale 1:115902
1970-03-13, scale 1:115902. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-03, scale 1:122499
1970-11-03, scale 1:122499. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-03, scale 1:122499
1970-11-03, scale 1:122499. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-11-03, scale 1:122748
1970-11-03, scale 1:122748. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:119664
1971-11-11, scale 1:119664. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:119664
1971-11-11, scale 1:119664. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:120231
1971-11-11, scale 1:120231. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:120231
1971-11-11, scale 1:120231. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:122665
1972-04-18, scale 1:122665. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:122665
1972-04-18, scale 1:122665. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-22, scale 1:120733
1972-04-22, scale 1:120733. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-22, scale 1:120733
1972-04-22, scale 1:120733. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-02-22, scale 1:80000
1978-02-22, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-02-22, scale 1:80000
1978-02-22, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-02-22, scale 1:80000
1978-02-22, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-02-22, scale 1:80000
1978-02-22, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-01-21, scale 1:80000
1979-01-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-01-21, scale 1:80000
1979-01-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-01-21, scale 1:80000
1979-01-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-01-21, scale 1:80000
1979-01-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-12, scale 1:65000
1989-12-12, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-12, scale 1:63000
1989-12-12, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-12, scale 1:62000
1989-12-12, scale 1:62000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

31 stations, 3 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

38 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.

  • 143-1Justice Precinct 1: Hallettsville city: Hallettsville city - That part east of Texana and Schulenberg Rd.
  • 143-2Justice Precinct 1: Hallettsville city - That part west of Texana and Schulenberg Rd.
  • 143-3Justice Precinct 1 - That part east of Lavaca River, and north and west of U. S. Highway 77, outside Hallettsville city
  • 143-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part south and east of U. S. Highway 77, and north of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Hallettsville city
  • 143-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, and south and east of Lavaca River, outside Hallettsville city
  • 143-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part south and west of Lavaca River, and south and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 143-7Justice Precinct 1 - That part south and west of Smeathers Creek, and U. S. Highway 77, west of Lavaca River, and north and west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Hallettsville city
  • 143-8Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of Lavaca River, north of U. S. Highway 77, and north and east of Smeathers Creek, outside Halletsville city
  • 143-9Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part north of Big Rocky Creek, and west of U. S. Highway 77
  • 143-10Justice Precinct 2- That part east of U. S. Highway 77
  • 143-11Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of Big Rocky Creek, west of U. S. Highway 77, and east of a bladed earth road extending southward from Big Rocky Creek through Moravia to Breslau
  • 143-12Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of a bladed earth road extending southward from Big Rocky Creek through Moravia to Breslau and south of Big Rocky Creek
  • 143-13Justice Precinct 3: Shiner town: Shiner town - That part north of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 143-14Justice Precinct 3: Shiner town - That part south of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, excluding Convent and Academy of St. Ludmila
  • 143-15Convent and Academy of St. Ludmila (In Shiner town, in Justice Precinct 3)
  • 143-16Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, and north of Rocky Creek, outside Shiner town
  • 143-17Justice Precinct 3 - That part east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, and north of Wied - Shiner Rd., outside Shiner town
  • 143-18Justice Precinct 3 - That part south of Wied - Shiner Rd., and north of Rocky Creek, outside Shiner town
  • 143-19Justice Precinct 3 - That part south of Rocky Creek, and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Shiner town
  • 143-20Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, and south of Rocky Creek
  • 143-21Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part north and east of Sweet Home - Koerth - Ezzell Rd.
  • 143-22Justice Precinct 4 - That part south and west of Sweet Home - Koerth - Ezzell Rd., end north and east of Clarks Creek and Lavaca River
  • 143-23Justice Precinct 4 - That part southwest of Clarks Creek and Lavaca River
  • 143-24Justice Precinct 5
  • 143-25Justice Precinct 6: Moulton town
  • 143-26Justice Precinct 6 - That part north of Lavaca River, and east of State Highway 95
  • 143-27Justice Precinct 6 - That part south of Lavaca River, and east of State Highway 95
  • 143-28Justice Precinct 6 - That part south of Culak School - Moulton Rd. and west of State Highway 95
  • 143-29Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of State Highway 95, and north of Culak School - Moulton Rd., outside Moulton town
  • 143-30Justice Precinct 7: Yoakum city - That part in Lavaca County, comprising part of Justice Precinct 7: Yoakum city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Southern Pacific Railway; County line
  • 143-31Justice Precinct 7: Yoakum city - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad, City limits; City limits; City limits, Elenora; Sycamore, Clark, Willis Ave., Clark, Davis Ave., Clark
  • 143-32AJustice Precinct 7: Yoakum city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits, Coke; Hubbard, Crisswell, Elenora
  • 143-32BJustice Precinct 7: Yoakum city - That part Bounded by Coke; City limits; County line; Simpson, Gonzales, Hubbard
  • 143-33Justice Precinct 7: Yoakum city - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad; Clark, Davis Ave., Clark, Willis Ave., Clark, Sycamore; Elenora, Crisswell, Hubbard, Gonzales, Simpson; County line (Remainder of Yoakum city is in Justice Precinct 6, De Witt County)
  • 143-34Justice Precinct 7 - That part north and east of Clarks Creek and State Highway 95
  • 143-35Justice Precinct 7 - That part south of State Highway 111, south and east of Unnamed road extending northeastward from State Highway 111 to Clarks Creek and south of Clarks Creek, outside Yoakum city
  • 143-36Justice Precinct 7 - That part west of State Highway 95 to junction with Clarks Creek, south of Clarks Creek, north and west of Unnamed road extending northeastward from State Highway 111 to Clarks Creek, and north of State Highway 111, outside Yoakum city
  • 143-37Justice Precinct 8

Wildfire, 1999 to 2020

308 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 308 of them, burning about 1,572 acres. 5 started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning171
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Equipment and vehicle use53
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAAB SWITCH
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 136A
14 March 2006Debris and open burning90 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 16B
25 April 2011Equipment and vehicle use80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRENGER GF
24 July 2019Debris and open burning60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16B
23 October 1999Debris and open burning60 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 February 2006Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 February 2006Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

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

Storms, 1954 to 2024

60 of 294 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 294 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 364 injuries and about $12,908,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Flash Flood104
Hail84
Thunderstorm Wind63
Tornado36
Lightning4
Funnel Cloud2
Heavy Rain1

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
April 1997Flash FloodCountywide1 killed, $1,000,000no account filed
July 1997LightningHalletsville1 killedno account filed
October 1998Flash FloodCountywide300 hurt, $3,000,000no account filed
October 1998Flash FloodCountywide50 hurt, $2,000,000no account filed
September 1967Tornado (F3)not stated4 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
March 2007Tornado (EF2)Halletsville4 hurt, $75,000To the southeast of Hallettsville, and southeast of the first tornado, a second tornado touched down near 0345 CST. This was just off FM530 on Road 16C, near the community of Light Chapel. This tornado touched down just south of a mobile home and began moving toward the northeast. A father, along with two sons and a daughter, had just arrived home less than an hour before the touchdown and had fallen asleep when the storm struck. The father reported feeling a jolt that awakened him as severe thunderstorm winds ahead of the tornado struck the mobile home. He reported that it became quiet again and then the mobile home exploded as the tornado stuck. He and his three children were blown and tossed almost 150 feet, coming to rest on the top of the former south wall of his mobile home. Broken glass was everywhere, but, in spite of cuts and bruises, they took shelter in a small nearby roofless shack as hail continued to fall. He then walked, carrying an injured son and daughter, to a neighbors house to call for help. His truck, parked under an awning just south of the mobile home was rolled and crushed. Had he and his children arrived only a few minutes later at their home, they could easily have been killed. That all have recovered except for minor bruises and cuts can only be considered a miracle. The fathers comments were that its all okay were okay. What was destroyed is just stuff. Based on the destroyed mobile home, which had been tied down, and the rolled and twisted metal frame, the tornado was rated EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Winds were estimated at 115 mph. The tornado path length was placed at four-tenths of a mile with a path width of 75 yards.
September 1967Tornadonot stated3 hurt, $25,000no account filed
September 1967Tornado (F3)not stated3 hurt, $25,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindYoakum$500,000High winds knocked down several trees and damaged roofs in Yoakum. The storm also took the top off a storage shed.
May 1994Tornado (F1)N Moulton$500,000The tornado was reported by the EMC just north of Moulton. Up to five inches of rain fell in the same storm. Power lines and tree limbs were knocked down on all streets and along Highway 95 northward toward Flatonia. One resident reported seeing a funnel dip downward out of the thunderstorm. Others in Moulton reported hearing a roaring sound as the damage occurred. A mobile home was blown off its blocks, farm outbuildings were destroyed and cattle injured. Numerous roofs across the city were damaged.
September 2022LightningHalletsville$250,000Lightning struck a storage tank battery and semi-truck tractor trailer starting a fire approximately one mile north of Hallettsville on Hwy 77.
May 1991Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindShiner$200,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindMoulton$150,000As the line of thunderstorms associated with the late season cold front moved southward into Lavaca County, they produced severe winds just south of the Fayette County line. The wind knocked down many trees and power lines. Some homes were without power until 3am the following day.
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Halletsville$100,000The first tornado touched down near 0330 CST at the community of Williamsburg, approximately 4 miles south of Hallettsville along US77. It tracked from just west of US77 northward along the highway for almost a mile, crossing the highway and dissipating on the east side of US77. It was difficult to separate severe thunderstorm wind damage which preceded the tornado from the tornado damage itself. The tornado destroyed a barn near its initial touchdown with a level of damage indicating winds approaching 100 mph. This is consistent with NWS Doppler Radar indications of winds at or just above 90 mph in the Williamsburg area near 0331 CST. Doppler Radar at that time showed a comma-shaped echo with a hint of possible rotation on the north end of the comma, near Williamsburg. The tornado knocked over trees, with the debris pointed mostly toward the north or east. It also shoved a mobile home toward the east several yards. The tornado was rated an EF-1 on the enhanced Fujita Scale with winds estimated at 95 to 100 mph. The track was toward the north with a width of 100 yards and a path length of eight-tenths of a mile.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHalletsville$100,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees along US 77 in a path 12 miles long south of Hallettsville.
April 2004HailMoulton$100,000A second flurry of large hail, this time bigger than baseballs, damaged cars and homes east of Moulton.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindHalletsville$100,000Severe downbursts damaged roofs, awnings and carports of homes, and blew over trees. Two mobile homes were destroyed near Hallettsville by the wind. Wind gusts at the airport in Yoakum were measured at 73 kts.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindHalletsville$80,000Severe thunderstorm winds damaged the walls and screen of an outdoor drive-in theater and destroyed several outbuildings just west of Hallettsville.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindShiner$80,000Trees were blown over and power lines were knocked down in the northwest part of the county.
May 2001Flash FloodSoutheast Portion$80,000no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindYoakum$60,000no account filed
December 2024LightningMont$50,000A thunderstorm produced lightning that caused an oil field tank battery to catch fire near Sweet Home.
August 2021LightningMont$50,000Lightning struck an oil tank battery southwest of Hallettsville. The lightning strike caused an explosion and fire. Of the eight tanks on site, three were destroyed and five severely damaged.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindShiner$50,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that damaged a railroad crossing arm guard, flipped a boat off its trailer, blew down several trees, and damaged a carport and the metal skirting around a home.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHalletsville$50,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph which blew down several trees and caused numerous power outages near LaVernia.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSweet Home$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds produce a downburst estimated at 60 knots that blew down power lines near Sweet Home.
November 2001Thunderstorm WindHalletsville$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds peeled back roofs, blew down trees and large tree limbs and knocked over fences in the Hallettsville area.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindHalletsville$50,000Severe winds destroyed a barn, and took the roof off several small buildings.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Halletsville$50,000The Lavaca County Sheriff's Department reported a second tornado just west of Hallettsville. This tornado was very small and short-lived. It damaged the roof of a house and knocked down several trees before dissipating.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindMoulton$50,000Amateur Radio spotters reported power lines and power poles blown down in and around Moulton.
April 1994HailHalletsville$50,000The Lavaca Police Department relayed a report from the Moulton Police Department of dime- to penny-sized hail in Moulton. The local newspaper reported a dozen or more trees were uprooted 10 miles east of Halletsville between 1915 CST and 1930 CST. Golf ball-sized hail was reported at New Kinkler at 1915 CST with quarter-sized hail in Halletsville at 1941 CST.
April 1994HailVienna$50,000Golf ball-sized hail was observed at Sublime at 2018 CST. The same size of hail was reported by the public in Vienna at 2020 CST.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindHallettsville$50,000Trees were uprooted by thunderstorm winds in Sweet Home. Power lines and trees were downed in Halletsville.
April 1994HailSublime$50,000Golf ball-sized hail was observed at Sublime at 2018 CST. The same size of hail was reported by the public in Vienna at 2020 CST.
May 1994Tornado (F2)Vienna$50,000A tornado touched down near Vienna, destroying a mobile home and a house, knocking down power lines and covering the roadway with debris. One witness reported hearing a sound like a "freight train."
May 1994Thunderstorm WindSweet Home$50,000Trees were uprooted by thunderstorm winds in Sweet Home. Power lines and trees were downed in Halletsville.
August 2001Flash FloodCountywide$50,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindShiner$50,000no account filed
December 1997Thunderstorm WindEzzell$50,000no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodCountywide$50,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHalletsville$40,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMoulton$30,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in and near Moulton and produced nearly 3.5 inches of rain in just one hour.
August 1998Flash FloodCountywide$30,000no account filed
October 1997Flash FloodCountywide$30,000no account filed
October 1997Flash FloodCountywide$30,000no account filed
March 1972Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1955Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1955Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2021Tornado (EF1)Sublime$20,000Video evidence and an NWS Storm Survey confirmed a tornado touched down roughly one mile northwest of Sublime, south and east of CR 142. The tornado moved northwest and severely damaged a small house as well as snapped large tree branches. Wind speeds at this point were estimated to be 80-100 mph. The tornado crossed CR 142 between CR 159 and CR 143, west of the Navidad River, and continued through open farm land producing sporadic tree damage. The tornado then crossed CR 138 at the Navidad River, completely snapping three foot diameter tree trunks of a few trees near their bases and snapping large limbs of several other trees. Wind speeds at this point were also estimated to be 80-100 mph. The tornado dissipated to the northwest of CR 138. Sporadic straight-line wind damage, in the form of snapped tree limbs, was also observed along CR 159, 211, and 138, west of the tornadic circulation.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindShiner$20,000Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 50 knots, uprooted some trees and knocked down a barn.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindHalletsville$20,000A cooperative observer reported trees blown down with lots of minor wind damage in the Hallettsville area.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHalletsville$20,000A cooperative observer reported trees blown down with lots of minor wind damage in the Hallettsville area.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindShiner$20,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts, measured by a co-operative observer at 80 knots, knocked over scores of trees from Shiner to west of Yoakum to Sweet Home.
November 1998Flash FloodNorth Portion$20,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindMoulton$20,000no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodCountywide$20,000no account filed
October 1997Flash FloodCountywide$20,000no account filed
October 1997Flash FloodCountywide$20,000no account filed
August 2001Flash FloodCountywide$15,000no account filed

Every populated place in the county

31

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.

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.