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Liberty County, Texas

80 topographic sheets cover 90 settlements here, and 4 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

4 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Liberty County within Texas
Explore by year 1879 1895

What the record shows

  • 1,118 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 4 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings and 1 structure.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 90 populated places in this county; 90 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

4

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
Thomas Jefferson Chambers Housebuilding201111000156
Cleveland-Partlow Housebuilding198484001907
Liberty County Courthousebuilding200202001514
State Highway 3 Bridge at the Trinity Riverstructure199696001114

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 Liberty Co., Texas
Land ownership map (1879) - Map of Liberty Co., Texas. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1895 - Map of Liberty County, Texas : General Land Office
Land ownership map (1895) - Map of Liberty County, Texas : General Land Office. Library of Congress.

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 4,257 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, 1952-12-05, scale 1:69000
1952-12-05, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-05, scale 1:69000
1952-12-05, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-05, scale 1:69000
1952-12-05, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-05, scale 1:69000
1952-12-05, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-03, scale 1:69000
1953-01-03, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-03, scale 1:69000
1953-01-03, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-03, scale 1:69000
1953-01-03, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-03, scale 1:69000
1953-01-03, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:28000
1958-01-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:28000
1958-01-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:28000
1958-01-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:28000
1958-01-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-12-16, scale 1:25000
1960-12-16, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-12-16, scale 1:25000
1960-12-16, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-12-16, scale 1:25000
1960-12-16, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-12-16, scale 1:25000
1960-12-16, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-10-04, scale 1:16900
1962-10-04, scale 1:16900. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-10-04, scale 1:16900
1962-10-04, scale 1:16900. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-10-23, scale 1:16900
1962-10-23, scale 1:16900. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-10-23, scale 1:16900
1962-10-23, scale 1:16900. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-16, scale 1:21400
1966-10-16, scale 1:21400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-16, scale 1:21400
1966-10-16, scale 1:21400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-16, scale 1:21400
1966-10-16, scale 1:21400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-10-16, scale 1:21400
1966-10-16, scale 1:21400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-08-19, scale 1:123777
1969-08-19, scale 1:123777. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-08-19, scale 1:124486
1969-08-19, scale 1:124486. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-08-19, scale 1:66056
1969-08-19, scale 1:66056. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-07, scale 1:123947
1970-01-07, scale 1:123947. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-07, scale 1:123947
1970-01-07, scale 1:123947. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-07, scale 1:122453
1970-01-07, scale 1:122453. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-07, scale 1:122453
1970-01-07, scale 1:122453. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19424
1971-08-07, scale 1:19424. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19424
1971-08-07, scale 1:19424. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19424
1971-08-07, scale 1:19424. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19424
1971-08-07, scale 1:19424. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-17, scale 1:19848
1972-01-17, scale 1:19848. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-17, scale 1:20810
1972-01-17, scale 1:20810. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-17, scale 1:20810
1972-01-17, scale 1:20810. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:122189
1972-04-18, scale 1:122189. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-30, scale 1:57558
1973-05-30, scale 1:57558. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-30, scale 1:57558
1973-05-30, scale 1:57558. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-11-12, scale 1:76000
1974-11-12, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-11-12, scale 1:76000
1974-11-12, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-11-12, scale 1:76000
1974-11-12, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-11-12, scale 1:76000
1974-11-12, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-11-11, scale 1:76000
1975-11-11, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-11-11, scale 1:76000
1975-11-11, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-11-11, scale 1:76000
1975-11-11, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

18 stations, 8 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

37 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.

  • 146-1Liberty city, comprising part of Justice Precincts 1 and 4: Liberty city - That part in Justice Precinct 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Cos. Ave., Davidge, Webster Ave., Kentucky, Webster Ave.; Travis, Grand Ave., N. Travis
  • 146-2Liberty city - That part in Justice Precinct 1 Bounded by City limits; N. Travis, Grand Ave., Travis; Texas and New Orleans Railroad; Bowie, Grand Ave., Bowie
  • 146-3Liberty city - That part in Justice Precinct 1 Bounded by City limits; Bowie, Grand Ave., Bowie; Texas and New Orleans Railroad; Trinity River
  • 146-4Liberty city - That part in Justice Precinct 1 Bounded by Webster Ave., Kentucky, Webster Ave., Davidge, Cos Ave.; City limits; City limits; Milam extended, Milam, Washington, Milam, Texas and New Orleans Railroad, Travis
  • 146-5Liberty city - That part in Justice Precinct 1 Bounded by Texas and New Orleans Railroad; Milam, Washington, Milam, Milam extended; City limits; Trinity River
  • 146-6Liberty city - That part in Justice Precinct 4 Bounded by City limits; Trinity River; City limits; City limits
  • 146-7Justice Precinct 1, outside Liberty city: Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of U. S. Highway 90, outside Liberty city
  • 146-8Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of U. S. Highway 90, and northeast of Liberty - Eminence Rd., outside Liberty city
  • 146-9Justice Precinct 1 - That part southwest of Liberty - Eminence Rd. outside Liberty city (Remainder of Justice Precinct 1 is in Liberty city)
  • 146-10Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part east of State Highway 146
  • 146-11Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of State Highway 146
  • 146-12Justice Precinct 4, outside Liberty city: Dayton town: Dayton town - That part Bounded by Cemetary Rd., Town limits; Town limits; Texas & New Orleans Railroad; Main
  • 146-13Justice Precinct 4: Dayton town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits, Cemetary Rd., Main, Texas and New Orleans Railroad, Cleveland; Town limits; Town limits
  • 146-14Justice Precinct 4: Dayton town - That part Bounded by Texas and New Orleans Railroad; Town limits; Town limits; Cleveland
  • 146-15Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
  • 146-16Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway, and north of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Dayton town and Liberty city
  • 146-17Justice Precinct 4 - That part southeast of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Dayton town and Liberty city (Remainder of Justice Precinct 4 is in Liberty city)
  • 146-18Justice Precinct 6: Cleveland city: Cleveland city - That part Bounded by Beecher, Magruder Ave., Old city limits, City limits; Houston East and West Texas Railway, Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, Fenner Ave.; Boothe; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, Cold Spring Rd.
  • 146-19Justice Precinct 6: Cleveland city - That part Bounded by City limits, Boothe; Houston East and West Texas Railway; South line; city limits
  • 146-20Justice Precinct 6: Cleveland city - That part Bounded by Boothe; Fenner Ave.; Dallis; Houston East and West Texas Railway
  • 146-21Justice Precinct 6: Cleveland city - That part Bounded by Dallis; Fenner Ave., Bryan, City limits; City limits; City limits, South Line, Houston East and West Texas Railway
  • 146-22Justice Precinct 6 - That part east and north of an Unnamed rd. extending north from precinct line to county line
  • 146-23Justice Precinct 6 - That part south and west of an Unnamed rd. extending south from county line to precinct line, east and north of State Highway 321, and east of U.S. Highway 59, outside Cleveland city
  • 146-24Justice Precinct 6 - That part south and west of State Highway 321, east of San Jacinto River, and south and east of Plum Grove - Cleveland Rd., outside Cleveland city
  • 146-25Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of U.S. Highway 59, west and north of Plum Grove - Cleveland Rd., and west of San Jacinto River, outside Cleveland city
  • 146-26Justice Precinct 7
  • 146-27Justice Precinct 8: Daisetta, unincorporated: Daisetta, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Unnamed st.; Offset 1/2 mile east of and parallel to Unnamed through street; Unnamed st., Unnamed st.; Unnamed through street
  • 146-28Justice Precinct 8: Daisetta, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Unnamed st. extended, Unnamed st.; Unnamed through street; Unnamed st., Unnamed st. extended; Offset 2 mile west of and parallel to Unnamed through street
  • 146-29Justice Precinct 8: Daisetta, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Unnamed st. extended, Unnamed st.; Unnamed through street; Branch of Little Willow Marsh; Offset 1/2 mile west of and parallel to Unnamed through street
  • 146-30Justice Precinct 8: Daisetta, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Unnamed st.; Unnamed st., Southerly line to oil pipe line; Oil pipe line, Branch of Little Willow Marsh; Unnamed through street
  • 146-31Justice Precinct 8: Hull, unincorporated: Hull, unincorporated - That part east of Batson Rd. (See map for boundaries)
  • 146-32Hull, unincorporated - That part west of Batson Rd. (See map for boundaries)
  • 146-33Justice Precinct 8 - That part outside the unincorporated places of Daisetta and Hull (See separate maps for boundaries of Daisetta and Hull)
  • 146-34Justice Precinct 9
  • 146-35Justice Precinct 6: Cleveland city - That part bounded by City limits; City limits, Old city limits, Magruder Ave.; Beecher, Cold Spring Rd., Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, Boothe City limits
  • 146-36Justice Precinct 6: Cleveland city - That part Bounded by City limit;s City limits; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; Houston East and West Texas Railway
  • 146-37Justice Precinct 6: Cleveland city - That part Bounded by Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; City limits; City limits, Bryan; Fenner Ave.

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

607 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 607 of them, burning about 15,938 acres. 28 started naturally and 69 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning376
Missing data/not specified/undetermined95
Arson/incendiarism69
Natural28
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Three of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 September 2000Natural5,000 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 361
20 February 1996Arson/incendiarism1,120 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 April 1996Arson/incendiarism880 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2011Natural612 acresLivingston AreaRYE FIRE
16 April 1996Arson/incendiarism390 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasMAYHAW
23 October 2005Debris and open burning290 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 157
10 December 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined222 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARRIS 16:50

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

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 356 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 356 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 42 injuries and about $120,258,780 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind137
Hail87
Tornado70
Flash Flood56
Funnel Cloud5
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
October 2006Flash FloodCottonwood1 killed, $10,000The 25 year old female driver of a vehicle drowned when she drove into a flooded ditch off of FM 1410. The vehicle turned upside down in the ditch.
May 1995Tornado (F1)Liberty12 hurt, $750,000Super cell moved across Lake Houston and intensified to form a mesocyclone as it moved into Liberty County. This super cell produced four tornadoes as moved from west to east across the county. The third of the four tornadoes touched down in downtown Liberty and was the most significant. Twelve people were injured with two requiring to be hospitalized.
May 1995Tornado (F1)Liberty12 hurt, $750,000Super cell moved across Lake Houston and intensified to form a mesocyclone as it moved into Liberty County. This super cell produced four tornadoes as it moved from west to east across the county. The third of the four tornadoes touched down in downtown Liberty and was the most significant. Twelve people were injured with two requiring to be hospitalized.
December 1977Tornado (F3)not stated5 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 1973Tornado (F2)not stated4 hurt, $250,000no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCleveland Muni Arpt2 hurt, $25,000Trees were downed near FM 2518 south of Highway 105. One fell on a mobile home and injured two people.
March 1972Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurtno account filed
November 1992Tornado (F3)not stated1 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
November 1992Tornado (F4)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
October 2011Tornado (EF0)Cleveland Muni Arpt1 hurt, $25,000Tornado touchdown near FM 163 and SH 321 was based on witness report. Damage was intermittent along a path from that point to near the intersection of FM 2286 and FM 2287 where a trailer was overturned and one woman was injured.
October 1957Tornado (F3)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1990Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
September 2019Flash FloodMoss Bluff$95,000,000Multiple roads across the county that were impassable due to extensive flooding inundation included, but were not limited to, sections of FM 1010, FM 1008 at County Road 2313 and County Road 2285 and County Road 379. Multiple high water rescues.
May 2000Flash FloodWest Portion$10,000,000Major flash flood in the Liberty and Dayton areas. US 90 water covered and closed for over 12 hours. Half the streets in Liberty covered with 1 to 2 feet of water with widespread street flooding in Dayton. Water into homes with numerous automobiles stranded. At least 262 homes and 42 businesses damaged countywide, including half the homes in the Oak Forest subdivision in Liberty. From 60 to 80 people rescued from flood waters. Several schools damaged by major flooding. Water reached 18 feet high on SH 321 underpass in Dayton. Co-op observer in Liberty reported a storm total of 19.1 inches of rainfall, with 18.3 inches falling in only 5 hours!
May 1983Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
May 1983Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
October 2015Flash FloodDayton$700,000High rainfall rates created flooding in both towns of Dayton and Liberty. The underpass at the intersection of US Highway 90 and FM 321, along with other streets in Dayton, were closed due to high water. The city of Liberty reported flood waters in six homes with numerous road closures due to high water.
October 2000Flash FloodNortheast Portion$500,000Several homes flooded in the Rye and Moss Hill areas. Portion of FM 787 washed out in Romayor. SH 146 flooded and closed to cars north of Moss Hill. Total of 8.5 inches of rainfall in Rye and 10 inches in Votaw.
May 2016Flash FloodKenefick$400,000Numerous roads and bridges under water. Damage estimated.
May 2021Tornado (EF1)Cleveland Muni Arpt$300,000The tornado touched down near County Road 308 and uprooted several large hardwood trees, some of which damaged homes. The trees which fell in different locations were large but fairly shallow rooted.
May 1982Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 2003Flash FloodPlum Grove$225,0006 to 7 homes flooded in Plum Grove with flooded roads in and around Hardin.
October 2002Tornado (F1)Dayton$185,000Four mobile homes sustained damage with one receiving major damage.
January 1999Tornado (F2)Devers$175,000The tornado appeared to have formed just on the other side of a canal in the Dunning's Farm area. At this point three large houses were completely destroyed with widespread tree damage. The tornado moved NE and dragged heavy farm tractors (approximately 50000 lbs) over 10 to 15 feet. The tornado moved across a wide open field and crossed into Jefferson county.
January 2023Tornado (EF2)Felicia$150,000This short-lived tornado struck a residence along CR 1009 in Eastern Liberty County, not far from the Jefferson County line. The home sustained EF2 damage with its roof removed and windows shattered. Mud was splattered on all sides of the home. Residents reported heavy rain and very high winds during the tornado passage. There were no injuries as residents sheltered in an interior bathroom. One horse was injured by debris. Debris was lofted at least two miles north with the debris field visible crossing SH 90.
September 2019Flash FloodCleveland$100,000Flooding inundated Highway 59 in Cleveland. The highway was closed with numerous stranded cars within the floodwaters.
October 2006Flash FloodCleveland$100,000Four impassable roads in NW Cleveland; Joyce, Tony Tap, East Cherry Creek, and Meekins Roads were either closed or washed out due to flood waters. Two residential subdivisions were reported to be partially flooded.
October 2002Flash FloodCountywide$100,000Countywide flooding.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindDayton$100,000Several large diameter trees down; trees fell on trailer home in Dayton Oaks subdivision
December 2002Thunderstorm WindLiberty$70,000Damage to homes, carports and patio covers, high school press box and dugouts; trees and power lines down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindKenefick$65,000Tree down on a home.
April 2006Tornado (F1)Liberty$60,000Tornado caused extensive damage along CR 143 off of FM 563. Major roof damage to area homes with numerous trees and power lines down.
October 2006Flash FloodAmes$55,000Significant flooding across county with several roads closed due to high water. Report of one flooded subdivision (Big Thicket Lakes). Flooding reported on FM 834 between the towns of Hardin and Hull, on State Road 321 between Cleveland and Dayton, and on FM 563 south of the town of Liberty. Other road closures include, but are not limited to, portions of FM 2518, FM 163, and FM 787.
August 2004HailMoss Hill$50,0003/4 inch Hail on Highway 105 between Moss Hill and Tarkington Prairie.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$50,000Widespread trees and power lines down over the southern half of the county.
February 1998Tornado (F1)Raywood$50,000Tornado destroyed large metal barn, 10 utility poles blown down (some snapped at base), minor damage to metal roofs of farm buildings, shingles blown off houses.
October 1997Tornado (F1)Dayton$50,000Trees down and minor structural damage.
March 1995Tornado (F0)not stated$50,000EMC reported tornado at New Salem Road & Rodgers. Trees and telephone lines were downed; and four damaged mobile homes.
May 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated$50,000The Liberty County Sheriff's Department reported numerous trees blown down over most of the county and power outages in the Woodland Hills area.
May 2005Flash FloodDayton$40,000Highway 321 underpass flooded and closed with vehicles stranded in the area. Numerous streets and secondary roads flooded.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindLiberty$40,000Damage to retail store, several cars in parking lot also damaged.
October 2001Tornado (F0)Dayton$40,000Sheriff's office reported a tornado touched down near FM 686 and FM 321 and moved east toward Highway 90. Damage to a business and the roof of a trailer was reported, as well as trees and power lines down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLiberty$40,000Home damaged and numerous trees and power lines down.
March 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated$40,000Trees downed, roofs blown off, and power outages in Liberty.
May 1995Tornado (F0)of Dayton$40,000Super cell moved across Lake Houston and intensified to form a mesocyclone as it moved into Liberty County. This super cell produced four tornadoes as it moved from west to east across the county. The third of the four tornadoes touched down in downtown Liberty and was the most significant. Twelve people were injured with two requiring to be hospitalized.
May 1995Tornado (F0)of Dayton$40,000Super cell moved across Lake Houston and intensified to form a mesocyclone as it moved into Liberty County. This super cell produced four tornadoes as moved from west to east across the county. The third of the four tornadoes touched down in downtown Liberty and was the most significant. Twelve people were injured with two requiring to be hospitalized.
March 2009Tornado (EF0)Cleveland$35,000There was a brief tornado in Cleveland in which witnesses observed a funnel cloud with swirling dust and debris at the surface. A loosely-attached roof was lifted from a business and carried 50 yards into a hospital parking lot. The windows of another business were blown out.
September 2002Flash FloodLiberty$35,000Flooding in Liberty and Dayton; portions of Hwy 90 closed in Liberty.
November 2003Tornado (F1)Moss Bluff$30,000Tornado downed trees and severely damaged a garage.
December 2002Tornado (F0)Liberty$30,000Building damaged.
October 1998Tornado (F0)Plum Grove$30,000Tornado touchdown in Plum Grove on FM 1010. Mobile homes damaged and trees/powerlines down.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$25,000Numerous trees down countywide. Metal building damaged along with fire station's communications tower toppled in Cleveland.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Dayton$25,000Trees down.
September 1996Flash FloodCountywide$25,000no account filed
November 1992Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1967Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
September 1967Tornadonot stated$25,000no account filed
October 1957Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
February 2026Tornado (EF0)Kevin$23,000Storms moved through Liberty county on February 3rd, where a tornado warned storm passed through the Plum Grove area. Initially broadcast media reported trees down near intersection of County Road 3709 and County Road 3732. In the aftermath of this storm, a survey team was dispatched to assess the damage across the area.||The survey team found that this storm produced two tornadoes, this being the second. This second tornado started along FM 1010 and Wooden Ln, indicated by an uprooted tree and broken wood signage. The tornado entered a largely empty field between FM 1010 and CR 3405, but still saw some tree damage. The tornado then entered the Bella Vista subdivision, causing tree damage, fence damage, and metal structure damage between CR 3405 and CR 3404. No further damage was seen beyond the intersection of CR 3404 and CR 3410. This tornado was rated as an EF0. The most significant damage occurred at a metal structure off of FM 1010 with estimated peak winds of 85 mph. This assessment is based on a metal building system (MBS) with a DOD of 3.
January 2001Thunderstorm WindHull$20,000Trees down on power lines in Hull.

Mines and quarries

18 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 18 workings inside this county. 13 still produce and 5 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction11
Halite4
Silica2
Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
South Liberty OccurrenceSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence1905
Liberty Dredge & PlantSilicaProducer
Sand Pit No.2SilicaProducer
Davis Hill Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1905
Esperson Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1928
Hull Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1908
North Dayton Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1900
Baytown 146 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cleveland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Dolen No. 12 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Dolen No. 36 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Fitch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lone Star Dolen Pit 36Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rye Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trinity River Dredge OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every populated place in the county

90

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 Liberty 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.