Beach, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77301. The Survey maps it on the Conroe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Beach between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,817 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8073 |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 196 |
| 6 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 190052582 |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beach in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 deaths and 7 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | 2 killed, 7 hurt | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down the frame of a house under construction in Conroe, resulting in the death of two workers and seven injuries. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Beach | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced golfball size hail near the intersection of Creighton Road and FM 1314. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Beach | $1,000 | Quarter-sized hail was observed at the intersection of South Loop 336 and FM 3083. |
| August 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Beach | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near the intersection of Creighton Road and FM 1314. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conroe | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Youens | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Four Corners | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cut and Shoot | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Waukegan | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Groceville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Panorama Village | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Leonidas | 6.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1330181. 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.
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.




