Bee House, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Evant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. The Survey maps it on the Pearl quadrangle. It stands 1,178 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1887 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evant quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Pearl quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
159 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Bee House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,988 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 122 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 501 CROMEANS RD |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CUMMINGS FIRE |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEAR BRANCH RD FIRE |
| 27 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5010 CR 139 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bee House in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Bee House | $300,000 | Highway 190 east of Copperas Cove, Farm-to-Market Road 1829 at Highway 236, and several other roads throughout the county were closed due to high water. There was one high water rescue on County Road 132 just off of Farm-to-Market Road 1783. A few homes around the county were damaged when flood waters entered the homes. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee House | $25,000 | Several homes suffered roof damage in downtown Evant due to high winds. The metal roof of the old firehouse was torn off and several large trees were also knocked down. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Bee House | $20,000 | Quarter to hen egg sized hail was reported in Evant over a ten minute period. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bee House | $12,000 | Baseball sized hail fell in Evant. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Bee House | $10,000 | Hail up to Tennis Ball size was covering the ground in Evant. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee House | $1,000 | A homeowner on Self Road between Pearl and Izoro reported damage to many trees on their property. In her words: One large live oak and two large elms were completely knocked down, many large limbs and the tops of many trees were ripped off, a massive cedar looked like the top was twisted off.. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Bee House | - | Emergency management reported several county roads were flooded on the western side of Coryell County. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee House | - | A trained spotter reported multiple trees down approximately 1 mile west of the city of Evant, TX along Hwy 84. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bee House | - | Dime to quarter sized hail with heavy rain was reported in Evant. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Bee House | - | Penny sized hail was reported south of Evant between US 281 and FM 183. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Bee House | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported on FM 1690. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bee House | - | Trained spotters reported nickel to quarter sized hail, approximately 12 miles east of Evant. |
| January 2010 | Flood | Bee House | - | Numerous roads throughout the county remained closed due to flooding well after the heavy rain had ended. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Bee House | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported by Coryell County EOC. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee House | - | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Hail | Bee House | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bee House | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bee House | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Bee House | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710326 | 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 1351771. 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.





