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San Jacinto County, Texas

57 topographic sheets cover 32 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

2 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
San Jacinto County within Texas
Explore by year 1879 1914

What the record shows

  • 411 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 32 populated places in this county; 32 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

2

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
San Jacinto County Courthousebuilding200303000332
San Jacinto County Jailbuilding198080004148

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

3

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 San Jacinto Co
Land ownership map (1879) - Map of San Jacinto Co. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1914 - San Jacinto Co
Land ownership map (1914) - San Jacinto Co. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 189? - San Jacinto County
Land ownership map (189?) - San Jacinto County. 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 4,320 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, 1952-12-20, scale 1:28400
1952-12-20, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-20, scale 1:28400
1952-12-20, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-20, scale 1:28400
1952-12-20, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-20, scale 1:28400
1952-12-20, scale 1:28400. 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, 1959-01-10, scale 1:17000
1959-01-10, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-01-10, scale 1:17000
1959-01-10, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-01-10, scale 1:17000
1959-01-10, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-01-10, scale 1:17000
1959-01-10, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-10-10, scale 1:117744
1970-10-10, scale 1:117744. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-10-10, scale 1:117735
1970-10-10, scale 1:117735. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-10-10, scale 1:117735
1970-10-10, scale 1:117735. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-10-10, scale 1:117735
1970-10-10, scale 1:117735. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19493
1971-08-07, scale 1:19493. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19493
1971-08-07, scale 1:19493. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19474
1971-08-07, scale 1:19474. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-08-07, scale 1:19474
1971-08-07, scale 1:19474. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-17, scale 1:4647
1972-01-17, scale 1:4647. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-17, scale 1:4647
1972-01-17, scale 1:4647. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-17, scale 1:4647
1972-01-17, scale 1:4647. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-17, scale 1:4647
1972-01-17, scale 1:4647. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-30, scale 1:55896
1973-05-30, scale 1:55896. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-30, scale 1:55896
1973-05-30, scale 1:55896. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-30, scale 1:55896
1973-05-30, scale 1:55896. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-05-30, scale 1:55896
1973-05-30, scale 1:55896. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-11-13, scale 1:76000
1974-11-13, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-01-17, scale 1:14800
1976-01-17, scale 1:14800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-01-17, scale 1:14800
1976-01-17, scale 1:14800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-01-17, scale 1:14800
1976-01-17, scale 1:14800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-01-17, scale 1:14800
1976-01-17, scale 1:14800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-09, scale 1:80000
1979-02-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-09, scale 1:80000
1979-02-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-09, scale 1:80000
1979-02-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-09, scale 1:80000
1979-02-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-04, scale 1:65000
1989-12-04, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-04, scale 1:65000
1989-12-04, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-04, scale 1:64464
1989-12-04, scale 1:64464. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-12-04, scale 1:64563
1989-12-04, scale 1:64563. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1993-03-03, scale 1:60333
1993-03-03, scale 1:60333. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1993-03-03, scale 1:61000
1993-03-03, scale 1:61000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1993-03-03, scale 1:61000
1993-03-03, scale 1:61000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

7 stations, 2 gages

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

The 1950 census, district by district

14 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.

  • 204-1Justice Precinct 1: Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of Unnamed rd. extending east from State Highway 150 to county line and northeast of State Highway 150
  • 204-2Justice Precinct 1 - That part northwest of Unnamed rd. extending west from county line to State Highway 150 and northeast of State Hwys. 150 and 156
  • 204-3Justice Precinct 1 - That part southwest of U.S. Hwys. 156 and 150
  • 204-4Justice Precinct 2: Shepherd, unincorporated (See aerial photo CKY-3-10 for boundaries of Shepherd)
  • 204-5Justice Precinct 2 - That part north and west of Big Creek and southeast of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 204-6Justice Precinct 2 - That part northwest of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Shepherd, unincorporated (See aerial photo CKY-3-10 for boundaries of Shepherd)
  • 204-7Justice Precinct 2 - That part south and east of Big Creek and southeast of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Shepherd, unincorporated (See aerial photo CKY-3-10 for boundaries of Shepherd)
  • 204-8Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part north of State Highway 150
  • 204-9Justice Precinct 3 - That part south of State Highway 150
  • 204-10Justice Precinct 4
  • 204-11Justice Precinct 5
  • 204-12Justice Precinct 6
  • 204-13Justice Precinct 7
  • 204-14Justice Precinct 8

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,004 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,004 of them, burning about 7,370 acres. 24 started naturally and 161 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning580
Missing data/not specified/undetermined168
Arson/incendiarism161
Natural24
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking14
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 March 2011Arson/incendiarism501 acresLivingston AreaFOSTORIA RD. FIRE
31 March 1996Debris and open burning357 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 February 1996Debris and open burning350 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasHEARTBREAK
17 May 2006Natural224 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 118 TANYARD
6 August 2005Arson/incendiarism185 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 83
14 January 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasBAF
17 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined132 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasHOT
22 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasELM LANE

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

Storms, 1960 to 2025

60 of 225 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 225 reports for this county, causing 7 deaths, 10 injuries and about $356,273,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind88
Hail61
Flash Flood48
Tornado19
Funnel Cloud8
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
August 2017Flash FloodLiberty Hill3 killed, $350,000,000Slow moving Tropical Storm Harvey produced very heavy rainfall and flooding over portions of San Jacinto County. Major lowland flooding occurred near the Trinity River and areas below Lake Livingston. There was a report of high water closing Marie Street in Shepherd with numerous reports of other flooded roadways around the county. Many roads and homes along the southern end of Lake Livingston were inundated. FM 3278 was inaccessible due to the inundation of flood waters. Major lowland flooding occurred on the Trinity River near Goodrich. Hundreds to thousands of homes received various levels of damage from flooding; from minor to being completely destroyed.There were 3 fatalities, all direct.
July 1987Thunderstorm Windnot stated3 killedno account filed
December 1983Tornado (F1)not stated1 killed, 3 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 2006Tornado (F2)Coldspring4 hurt, $100,000Tornado in the Coldspring Terrace Subdivision along Lake Livingston. Four injuries in two homes that received major damage.
December 2001Tornado (F2)Pointblank2 hurt, $2,500,000An F2 Tornado touched down at the Point Lookout West Estates. There were 2 minor injuries. 15 homes were destroyed, with 15 to 20 other homes receiving major damage. Trees and power lines were down. Reported by the Sheriff's office.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEvergreen1 hurtTrees were blown down near 150 and FM 2693 and a vehicle was struck by a fallen tree. The driver only sustained minor injuries.
December 1995Thunderstorm WindColdspring$500,000Roof of high school and nearby homes had parts blown off.
May 1984Tornado (F0)not stated$250,000no account filed
February 1983Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
October 1975Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$200,000Damage to several buildings on courthouse square in Coldspring. Several trees down with one tree falling on a store. Damage to roof of a school in Coldspring. Minimal damage to roofs on several homes in Evergreen. Numerous trees and power lines down across county.
February 2013Tornado (EF1)Napier$150,000The tornado produced extensive damage to the roof, garage and front door area of a brick home. An adjacent barn was destroyed. The damage path extended a little over one half mile with downed trees observed along a path on either side of the brick home. A witness from about 200 yards away observed the tornado damaging the home.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindOakhurst$150,000Very large tree downed on a home.
May 1995Tornado (F1)not stated$120,000Local sheriffs reported 2 houses destroyed, concrete damage, and trees and power lines downed just to the northeast of Cut And Shoot and into western San Jacinto County. The storm first touched down at 1725 CST near the town of Cut-N-Shoot in eastern Montgomery County. It crossed the county line at 1740 CST before lifting approximately 5 miles southwest of Coldspring.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindColdspring$80,000Trees downed from Coldspring to Evergreen around the Sam Houston National Forest.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindColdspring$75,000High winds caused major timber loss in the forest around the Coldspring area due to wet grounds. Structural damage to 40-50 homes.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindShepherd$50,000Numerous trees down just north of Squier Cemetary in southern San Jacinto County. Some trees were on houses and trailer homes.
May 2004Flash FloodCountywide$50,000Flooding countywide.
April 1999Flash FloodCountywide$50,000Significant flooding in the Shepherd area at Red Road, Drews Landing, Regency Forest, Sherwood Forest, Cherry Creek, and Stringtown Road with road damage reported. Rainfall totals include 8.5" at Camilla, 6.5" at Shepherd, 3.6" at Point Blank, and 3.5" at Evergreen.
October 2006Flash FloodColdspring$44,000Heavy rains flooded numerous roads with one completely washed out. Two homes received minor flood damage.
July 2014Heavy RainNapier$25,000A grocery store's roof collapsed due to heavy rainfall. Poor drainage flooding also reported on portions of route 59 feeder road.
May 2006HailShepherd$25,000Golf ball size hail.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindEvergreen$25,000Power lines down in the Evergreen area along FM 945 South.
December 2002Tornado (F0)Coldspring$25,000Tornado damaged a boat in Cape Royale.
June 2000Flash FloodCountywide$25,000High water reported on FM 2025.
September 2000Flash FloodCountywide$25,000Flooding reported along SH 150.
November 2000Flash FloodCountywide$25,000Flooding on US 59 underpass in Goodrich.
April 1999Flash FloodCountywide$25,000Flooding reported on U.S. 59 between FM 1988 and FM 393.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindPointblank$25,000Trees down
June 1999Flash FloodCountywide$25,000FM 946 north water covered. Widespread flooding across county.
October 1997Tornado (F1)Shepherd$25,000Mainly tree damage from Midway to Shepherd.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCape Royale$25,000no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindColdspring$20,000Trees and power lines down.
November 2002Flash FloodCountywide$20,000Numerous roads closed due to high water on extremely saturated grounds.
November 2001Thunderstorm WindShepherd$20,000Sheriff's office reported trees down and houses damaged in Shepherd.
October 1997Tornado (F0)Evergreen$20,000This tornado touched down in the Bear Creek Community. Damage was mostly trees but a volunteer fire department building was heavily damaged.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLake Livingston$20,000no account filed
April 2015Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Thunderstorm winds down trees and power lines from Highway 150 to the southwest of the Coldspring area to along Highway 190 in the Point Bland area. There was also a report of a tree down on FM 2025 south of Coldspring.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindNapier$15,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree that damaged a mobile home.
May 2005HailLake Livingston Dam$15,000Golf ball size hail over Lake Livingston near the dam.
November 2003Flash FloodColdspring$15,000Flooding in Coldspring.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindShepherd$15,000Trees and power lines blown down.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindPointblank$15,000Trees down between Point Blank and Coldspring.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMaynard$15,000Trees and power lines down along FM 1725.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindPointblank$15,000Dime sized hail also reported.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Dime sized hail also reported.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindShepherd$15,000Dime sized hail also reported.
May 2000Flash FloodShepherd$15,000Two feet of water on US 59 near Shepherd.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Trees down along FM 2025.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindPointblank$15,000Power lines down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindPointblank$15,000Trees down along SH 156.
November 2000Tornado (F0)Shepherd$15,000Trees down.
July 2000Flash FloodCountywide$15,000Flooding on US 190 and SH 150 between Evergreen and Coldspring with rainfall totals of 6 to 8 inches.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindShepherd$15,000Tree down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Trees down along CR 1127.
January 1998Thunderstorm WindColdspring$15,000Large trees blown down on powerlines.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindShepherd$15,000Downburst snapped tops of trees off. Minor roof damage to a convenience store.
February 1999HailShepherd$15,000no account filed
October 2006Flash FloodCamilla$13,000FM 3128 closed due to high water. Water over Shell Oil Road near FM 2025 in the Sam Houston National Forest.
May 2005HailShepherd$11,000Golf ball size hail on Highway 150 between Coldspring and Shepherd.

Mines and quarries

5 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 5 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction4
Silica1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSilicaPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

32

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.