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Beech Grove, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75951. The Survey maps it on the Beech Grove quadrangle.

Beech Grove within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Beech Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,974 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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 burning85
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 140 GRASS FIRE
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 129
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service085-W-10
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarism40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarism10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beech Grove in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2014LightningBeech Grove1 hurtA man was shocked after lightning hit a near by boom while working on an oil rig west of Jasper on County Road 147. He was taken to Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital after being knocked partially unconscious.
August 2017Flash FloodBeech Grove$85,000,000Harvey produced 20 to 40 inches of rain across a large portion of Jasper County. This resulted in over 4,000 homes being flooded. Worst hit areas were Kirbyville, Buna, and Weiss Bluff. The Neches River had its second highest crest at Evadale.
March 2016FloodBeech Grove$1,000,000Heavy rain during the 9th and 10th caused the Neches River to flood portions of Southwest Jasper County. Around 25 structures were flooded during the event.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Beech Grove$15,000A tornado touched down near County Road 323 and County Road 317 where it severely damaged a mobile home and snapped numerous pine trees. The tornado continued to snap pine trees as it went up County Road 317 before it dissipated near County Road 320. Max estimated wind speed was 105 mph.
June 2016FloodBeech Grove$15,000Heavy rain during the end of May produced flash flooding across areas upstream of B. A. Steinhagen Lake. Even one small earthen dam failed near Colmesneil. This flood wave traveled down the Neches flooding areas south of Dam B including some out buildings around Evadale and low lying roadways.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindBeech Grove$10,000Roof damage to multiple homes in the Beech Grove area by fallen trees.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindBeech Grove$2,000The Jasper County Sheriff's Office reported multiple trees down along Highway 150 near Steinhagen Lake.
May 2024Flash FloodBeech Grove-Significant flooding was reported across the county roads in Jasper County east of Town Bluff.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Beech Grove-After the tornado passed through the Barlow Estates it cross the Neches River. The tornado soon dissipated in the forest.
May 2016FloodBeech Grove-A flood wave from rainfall during the 27th moved down the Neches River flooding roadways in Southern Jasper County by the end of the month. The peak of the flood reached Evadale during early June.

Every storm recorded in Jasper County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Science Hall0.8 miles13
Oak Hill4.0 miles13
Bevilport5.0 miles15
Spring Hill5.3 miles13
Curtis5.4 miles13
Jasper8.0 miles9
Zion Hill8.1 miles9
Erin8.4 miles9

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 Beech GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54871491The 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 1381386. 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.