Bay Oaks, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southeast Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77571. It stands on Little Cedar Bayou. The Survey maps it on the La Porte quadrangle.
On record in Bay Oaks
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sylvan Beach Pavilionlisted 2010 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1916 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
- 1916 USGS Laporte quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS La Porte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bay Oaks between 1992 and 2015, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DYGLIESHA JEFFERSON |
| 12 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | TPHATFIELD |
| 4 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C15-13570 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bay Oaks: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite, Perlite, Vermiculite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filter Media Inc | Perlite, Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Laporte Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bay Oaks in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Bay Oaks | $5,000 | There were numerous reports of flooding in and around Baytown and Morgan's Point. Some of the reports included one to two feet of water over roads near Missouri Street and Highway 146. Multiple vehicles were stalled out within these flood waters. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Bay Oaks | - | Images from a member of the public showed gold ball sized hail near Morgan's Point. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Green Colony | 0.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sylvan Beach | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Crescent | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Oakhurst Shores | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bayside Terrace | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bay Shore Park | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Gateway Village | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Shoreacres | 1.5 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543696 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377170. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.











