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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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
- 1955 USGS Curtis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beech Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 140 GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 129 |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 085-W-10 |
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Lightning | Beech Grove | 1 hurt | A 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Beech Grove | $85,000,000 | Harvey 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 2016 | Flood | Beech Grove | $1,000,000 | Heavy 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 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Beech Grove | $15,000 | A 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 2016 | Flood | Beech Grove | $15,000 | Heavy 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beech Grove | $10,000 | Roof damage to multiple homes in the Beech Grove area by fallen trees. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beech Grove | $2,000 | The Jasper County Sheriff's Office reported multiple trees down along Highway 150 near Steinhagen Lake. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Beech Grove | - | Significant flooding was reported across the county roads in Jasper County east of Town Bluff. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Beech Grove | - | After the tornado passed through the Barlow Estates it cross the Neches River. The tornado soon dissipated in the forest. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Beech 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Hall | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Hill | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bevilport | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Hill | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Curtis | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Jasper | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Zion Hill | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Erin | 8.4 miles | 9 |
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 Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54871491 | 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 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.






