BlockBefore

Washington County, Texas

47 topographic sheets cover 31 settlements here, and 71 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

71 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Washington County within Texas

What the record shows

  • 276 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 71 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 63 buildings, 6 districts and 2 sites.
  • 13 of the 71 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

71

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
Allcorn-Kokemoor Farmsteadbuilding199898001015
Isaac Applewhite Housebuilding198585000342
Bassett and Bassett Banking Housebuilding198383003168
Baylor University Female Departmentsite2024100006856
Baylor University Male Departmentsite2024100006857
Becker-Hildebrandt Housebuilding199090000456
Blinn Collegedistrict199090000446
Blue Bell Creameries Complexbuilding199090000468
Brenham Downtown Historic Districtdistrict200404000154
Brenham High Schoolbuilding199090000466
Brenham High School Gymnasiumbuilding199090000467
Brenham Normal and Industrial Collegebuilding2026100012533
Brenham Schoolbuilding199090000454
Brenham Water Worksbuilding199090000465
Brockschmidt-Miller Housebuilding199090000451
John M. Brown Housebuilding197575002010
W. W. Browning Housebuilding197272001376
Burton Commercial Historic Districtdistrict199191000709
Burton Farmers Ginbuilding199191000712
Burton High Schoolbuilding199191000711
Chappell Hill Circulating Librarybuilding198585000343
Chappell Hill Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding198585000344
Chappell Hill Public School and Chappell Hill Female College Bellbuilding198585000345
East Brenhamdistrict199090000445
E. King Felder Housebuilding198585000346
Gantt-Jones Housebuilding197979003022
Giddings-Stone Mansionbuilding197676002080
Giddings-Wilkin Housebuilding197676002081
Hatfield Plantationbuilding197171000971
Hodde Drugstorebuilding199191000713
Edmund Holle Housebuilding199090000458
Mrs. Sam Houston Housebuilding197070000775
Asa Hoxey Housebuilding197676002083
Kneip-Bredthauer Housebuilding199191000719
Dr. Charles Laas Housebuilding199191000717
Dr. Robert Lenert Housebuilding199090000457
Main Building, Blinn Collegebuilding197878002998
Main Street Historic Districtdistrict198585001175
Edgar Matchett Housebuilding199090000462
Mt. Zion Methodist Churchbuilding199090000450
William Neumann Housebuilding199191000710
Herbert Nienstedt Housebuilding199191000718
William Nienstedt Housebuilding199191000715
Pampell-Day Housebuilding197070000774
Pampell-Day Housebuilding197070000774
Red Housebuilding197171000972
Reichardt-Low Housebuilding199090000455
Reue-Eickenhorst Housebuilding199595000519
William S. Rogers Housebuilding198585000347
J. R. Routt Housebuilding198585000348
William Edward Sanders Housebuilding199191000716
Santa Fe Railway Company Freight Depotbuilding199090000459
Almot Schlenker Housebuilding199090000461
Schlenker-Kolwes Housebuilding199090000460
Schmidt Housebuilding199090001806
Fritz Paul and Emma Schroeder Housebuilding199494001169
F. W. Schuerenberg Housebuilding199090000469
R. A. Schuerenberg Housebuilding199090000463
W. E. Seelhorst Housebuilding199090000470
Seward Plantationdistrict201312001250
John Sterling Smith Jr. Housebuilding198585000349
Southern Pacific Railroad Freight Depotbuilding199090000453
St. Mary's Catholic Churchbuilding199090000452
Stage Coach Innbuilding197676002082
Synagogue B'nai Abrahambuilding199090000464
US Post Office-Federal Building-Brenhambuilding199090000449
James Walker Log Housebuilding198989001143
Washington County Courthousebuilding199090000447
Waverlybuilding198383003169
Wehring Shoe Shop and Residencebuilding199191000714
Wood-Hughes Housebuilding199090000448

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

1

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

Land ownership map, 1879 - Map of Washington County, Texas
Land ownership map (1879) - Map of Washington County, Texas. 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.

Hotel St. Anthony, Brenham, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Hotel St. Anthony, Brenham, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Dixie Motel, one mile west of Brenham on Highway 290, Brenham, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Dixie Motel, one mile west of Brenham on Highway 290, Brenham, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Dixie Motel, one mile west of Brenham on Highway 290, Brenham, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Dixie Motel, one mile west of Brenham on Highway 290, Brenham, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

45 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 1,398 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 45 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, 1953-01-25, scale 1:69000
1953-01-25, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-25, scale 1:69000
1953-01-25, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-25, scale 1:69000
1953-01-25, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-25, scale 1:69000
1953-01-25, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-01, scale 1:8000
1956-06-01, scale 1:8000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-01, scale 1:8000
1956-06-01, scale 1:8000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-01, scale 1:8000
1956-06-01, scale 1:8000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-01, scale 1:8000
1956-06-01, scale 1:8000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-14, scale 1:17000
1958-03-14, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-14, scale 1:17000
1958-03-14, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-14, scale 1:17000
1958-03-14, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-14, scale 1:17000
1958-03-14, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-03-03, scale 1:18500
1960-03-03, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-03-03, scale 1:18500
1960-03-03, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-03-03, scale 1:18500
1960-03-03, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-03-03, scale 1:18500
1960-03-03, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-03, scale 1:24000
1970-04-03, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-03, scale 1:24000
1970-04-03, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-03, scale 1:24000
1970-04-03, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-03, scale 1:24000
1970-04-03, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:119407
1971-11-11, scale 1:119407. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:119361
1971-11-11, scale 1:119361. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:119361
1971-11-11, scale 1:119361. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:119361
1971-11-11, scale 1:119361. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:123821
1972-04-18, scale 1:123821. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:123821
1972-04-18, scale 1:123821. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:121915
1972-04-18, scale 1:121915. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-18, scale 1:121915
1972-04-18, scale 1:121915. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-09-15, scale 1:21006
1973-09-15, scale 1:21006. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-09-15, scale 1:21006
1973-09-15, scale 1:21006. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-09-15, scale 1:21006
1973-09-15, scale 1:21006. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-09-15, scale 1:21006
1973-09-15, scale 1:21006. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-28, scale 1:80000
1977-03-28, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-28, scale 1:80000
1977-03-28, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-28, scale 1:80000
1977-03-28, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-28, scale 1:80000
1977-03-28, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-02-21, scale 1:80000
1978-02-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-02-21, scale 1:80000
1978-02-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-02-21, scale 1:80000
1978-02-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-02-21, scale 1:80000
1978-02-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-02-28, scale 1:65003
1982-02-28, scale 1:65003. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-02-28, scale 1:64846
1982-02-28, scale 1:64846. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-02-28, scale 1:64846
1982-02-28, scale 1:64846. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-02-28, scale 1:64846
1982-02-28, scale 1:64846. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1993-03-03, scale 1:60000
1993-03-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

40 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

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.

  • 239-1Justice Precinct 1: Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of Coles Creek
  • 239-2Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Coles Creek, north of State Highway 90 and northeast of Jackson Creek and an Unnamed road extending from Jackson Creek to precinct line
  • 239-3Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of an Unnamed road from precinct line to Jackson Creek, west of Jackson Creek and north of an Unnamed road extending westward from Jackson Creek to State Highway 90 and northwest of State Highway 90
  • 239-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of an Unnamed road extending eastward from State Highway 90 to Jackson Creek, west of Jackson Creek and east of State Highway 90
  • 239-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of State Highway 90, southwest of Doe Run Creek and northeast of Jackson Creek
  • 239-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of State Highway 90 and east of Doe Run Creek
  • 239-7Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part north of U. S. Highway 290 and east of Little Cedar and New Year Creeks
  • 239-8Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of New Year and Little Cedar Creeks and north of U. S. Highway 290
  • 239-9Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of U. S. Highway 290
  • 239-10Justice Precinct 3: Brenham city: Brenham city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; N. Park; Academy, Rippetoe, Jefferson, Old Berlin Rd.; City limits
  • 239-11Justice Precinct 3: Brenham city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Old Berlin Rd., Jefferson, Rippetoe, Academy; N. Park; W. Alamo Ave., Ward line; City limits
  • 239-12Justice Precinct 3: Brenham city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Williams Ave., Independence, Crockett, Gay Hill, Academy; N. Park
  • 239-13Justice Precinct 3: Brenham city - That part of Ward 2, excluding St. Anthony Hotel Bounded by Academy; Kober; E. Alamo Ave.; N. Park
  • 239-14St. Anthony Hotel (In Brenham city, Ward 2, Justice Precinct 3)
  • 239-15Justice Precinct 3: Brenham city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Crockett, Independence, Williams Ave.; City limits; Ward line, E. Alamo Ave.; Kober, Academy, Gay Hill
  • 239-16Justice Precinct 3: Brenham city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by E. Alamo Ave., Ward line; City limits; City limits; Chapel Hill, Kober
  • 239-17Justice Precinct 3: Brenham city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by E. Alamo Ave.; Kober, Chapel Hill; City limits; S. Park, Ward line, S. Park
  • 239-18Justice Precinct 3: Brenham city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by W. Alamo Ave.; S. Park, Ward line, S. Park; City limits; Jackson
  • 239-19Justice Precinct 3: Brenham city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Ward line, W. Alamo Ave.; Jackson; City limits; City limits
  • 239-20Justice Precinct 3 - That part north of State Highway 90, and east of State Highway 36, outside Brenham city
  • 239-21Justice Precinct 3 - That part southwest of State Highway 36 and north of U. S. Highway 290, outside Brenham city
  • 239-22Justice Precinct 3 - That part south of U. S. Highway 290, and north of Brenham - Wesley Rd., outside Brenham city
  • 239-23Justice Precinct 3 - That part south of State Highway 90, and northeast of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Brenham city
  • 239-24Justice Precinct 3 - That part west and south of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, and east of State Highway 36, outside Brenham city
  • 239-25Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of State Highway 36 and east of Wesley - Brenham Rd., outside Brenham city
  • 239-26Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part northwest of Longpoint - Burton Rd., and northeast of a metal surfaced road extending westward from Burton to county line
  • 239-27Justice Precinct 4 - That part southwest of a metal surfaced road extending westward from Burton to county line and northwest of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 239-28Justice Precinct 4 - That part southeast of the Burton - Longpoint Rd. and northeast of the Greenvine - Burton Rd.
  • 239-29Justice Precinct 4 - That part southwest of the Burton - Greenvine Rd. and southeast of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
  • 239-30Justice Precinct 5: Justice Precinct 5 - That part north of William Penn - Independence Rd. and east of State Highway 50
  • 239-31Justice Precinct 5 - That part west of State Highway 50
  • 239-32Justice Precinct 5 - That part south of the Independence - William Penn Rd. and east of State Highway 50
  • 239-33Justice Precinct 6: Justice Precinct 6 - That part east of Wesley - Greenvine - Burton Rd.
  • 239-34Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of the Burton - Greenvine - Wesley Rd.
  • 239-35Justice Precinct 7: Justice Precinct 7 - That part east of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
  • 239-36Justice Precinct 7 - That part west of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and northwest of the Gay Hill - Longpoint Rd.
  • 239-37Justice Precinct 7 - That part southeast of the Longpoint - Gay Hill Rd. and southwest of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway

Wildfire, 1998 to 2020

748 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 748 of them, burning about 2,338 acres. 20 started naturally and 7 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning442
Missing data/not specified/undetermined147
Equipment and vehicle use59
Smoking28
Power generation/transmission/distribution25
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 August 2008Natural200 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLONGPOINT ROAD FIRE
27 December 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined85 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 55
30 January 2011Debris and open burning65 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLANTANA
25 January 2011Debris and open burning55 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCROCKLIN
9 January 2006Equipment and vehicle use50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHEPARD MOUNTAIN RANCH FIRE
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRAZOS RIVER LANE

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

Storms, 1950 to 2026

60 of 214 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 214 reports for this county, causing 8 deaths, 15 injuries and about $18,416,650 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind72
Hail56
Flash Flood41
Tornado27
Funnel Cloud14
Lightning3
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
May 2016Flash FloodBurton4 killed, $10,000,000Flood waters inundated homes and there were numerous water rescues in the town of Brenham and around the county. Sections of Highway 36 were impassable due to water over the roadway from Brenham and Somerville. FM 2935 at New Year's Creek was closed due to flooding. All of FM 390 from Burton eastward to FM 105, as well as SH 36 at Highway 290, was closed. There were four fatalities in Washington County. Over 20 inches of rain was measured at one gauge. Damages are estimated.
December 1953Tornado (F2)not stated2 killed, 5 hurt, $250no account filed
May 1983Tornado (F1)not stated1 killed, 4 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
December 1983Tornado (F1)not stated1 killed, $250,000no account filed
June 1950Tornado (F3)not stated6 hurt, $250,000no account filed
March 1976Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWesley$700,000Trees were downed by strong thunderstorm winds in Washington County. A possible funnel cloud was sighted as the derecho moved through the area, but this was not confirmed by any photo or video evidence. County EM investigated the area, did not find any associated damage where the funnel was sighted. Approximately 70 roads closed due to downed trees. We also had several thousand meters without power. Some citizens that had structural damage to homes and barns.
May 1994Tornado (F2)not stated$500,000Tornado crossed into Washington County and damaged two homes and one mobile home. Roof was removed from one home.
December 1983Tornado (F0)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindPrairie Hill$80,000Trailers being towed by cars and trucks were toppled along FM 50 between Brenham and Independence. The severe winds also destroyed a roof on a shed.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBrenham$75,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down signs, toppled trees and damaged several area businesses across the city.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWashington$50,000Numerous large trees down, uprooted.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWashington$50,000Numerous trees down. Barn and shed destroyed.
May 2000HailBrenham$50,000Golfball sized reported just north of Brenham and in numerous locations in the northern and eastern parts of Washington County.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$50,000Numerous trees down across county.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindSt. George$50,000Microburst winds blew down seven power poles knocking out power to half the city for several hours.
May 1994Tornado (F1)not stated$50,000Tornado in Southwestern Washington County knocked down numerous trees in open country before moving into the town of Burton. Minor damage to several buildings occurred in Burton along with one barn destroyed north of town.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindBrenham$40,000Sporadic straight line wind damage was observed from the Brenham area to along and east of FM 50 near Independence. Damage included numerous trees down and vehicle damage in the downtown Brenham area along with roof damage and downed power lines between Brenham and the Independence area.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Brenham$35,000Downed trees at the Latium Community on Brandt Road.
October 1998Flash FloodCountywide$35,000Flooded roads countywide. Bridge washed out at Wonderhill Rd.
January 2012Tornado (EF0)Brenham Muni Arpt$30,000This EF-0 tornado initially touched down west of County Road 50 just north of the Brenham Municipal Airport and traveled to the east and northeast toward the intersection of FM 2621 and County Road 65. The tornado destroyed several metal outbuildings and removed the roof from a barn. It also produced minor roof damage to a home and snapped numerous large trees.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$30,000Home roof and carport damage along with a severely damaged pool house in the Bluebonnet Subdivision.
June 2002LightningBurton$30,000Lightning caused fire that destroyed 25 to 50% of Carmine Feed and Fertilizer in Carmine.
August 2002Flash FloodCountywide$30,000Many roads under water; vehicles submerged in eastern portions of the county.
November 2004HailBrenham$30,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCountywide$25,000Trees blown down countywide...including in Brenham at FM 289 and Old Mill Rd.
March 2000HailLong Pt$25,000Golfball sized hail on south side of Lake Somerville.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBrenham$25,000Power poles down.
May 2000HailBrenham$25,000Golfball sized hail on FM 109.
November 2000Flash FloodCentral Portion$25,000Flooding on Chapell Hill Road between Chapell Hill and Brenham.A powerful squall line associated with a strong cold front swept quickly across southeast Texas on the night of the 5th. This was one of the most significant severe weather events of the year. Wind damage was widespread with heavy rainfall and flash flooding occurring in the northern part of southeast Texas. Two tornadoes were reported, an F1 near Conroe in Montgomery County and an F0 near Shepherd in San Jacinto County.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindBrenham$25,000Roof damage to Bealls Department Store.
May 1982Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1964Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$20,000Strong winds damaged the roof of two separate homes, destroyed a barn and also damaged a television tower.
July 2010LightningBurton$20,000Oil tank fire due to lightning strike. Two houses evacuated due to heavy smoke. Shelter in place warning issued for Burton.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBrenham$20,000One barn destroyed, two barns damaged and a couple trees down off Old Independence Road.
November 2002Flash FloodCountywide$20,000Numerous roads closed due to high water on extremely saturated grounds.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$17,000Extensive house, barn, fence, and tree damage.
April 2015HailWashington$15,000Large hail up to grapefruit sized was reported on Highway 6 south of Navasota.
July 2009HailBurton$15,000Severe thunderstorm produced baseball sized hail southeast of Burton near Old Mill Creek Road, with an additional report of golf ball sized hail north of town. High winds also toppled some trees in the Burton area.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindWashington$15,000Trees down on Schwertz Road.
May 2000Flash FloodCentral Portion$15,000Old Independence Road closed from Brenham to Independence due to flooding.
June 1999Flash FloodBrenham$15,000Widespread street flooding in Brenham.
November 2004HailBrenham$12,000no account filed
April 1999HailBrenham$12,000no account filed
May 2016Tornado (EF0)William Penn$10,000Short damage path near William Penn Rd. Numerous trees downed, few uprooted, in convergent pattern along path.
May 2015Flash FloodPrairie Hill$10,000Creek at 8158 Old Independence Rd flowing over bridge.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBurton$10,000Trees down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBrenham$10,000Trees down.
September 2002Flash FloodChappell Hill$10,000Water covering FM 1371 near Chappell Hill.
November 1998Flash FloodCountywide$10,000Many secondary roads closed due to flooding.
June 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated$10,000Sheriff reported numerous trees and power lines blown down.
April 1998HailBrenham$10,000no account filed
April 1997HailBurton$10,000no account filed
July 1996HailIndependence$10,000no account filed
September 1996HailBrenham$10,000no account filed
March 2007Flash FloodBrenham$9,000Numerous county-wide roads and some downtown Brenham streets were closed due to flooding. FM 1155 at New Years Creek and a portion of FM 2935 were closed due to high water. Some of these roadways were closed due to high water over them through Wednesday evening.
May 2010LightningMuellersville$8,000Lightning struck and set ablaze an oil tank.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWilliam Penn$7,000There were numerous trees reported downed around the FM 390 East and Tappe Road area.
December 2002Tornado (F0)Burton$7,000Tornado near Ledbetter.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 1 is closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction2

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gifford-Hill Navasota Plant No 23Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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.