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Bellaire, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77401. The Survey maps it on the Bellaire quadrangle. 17,202 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 43 feet above sea level.

Bellaire within Harris County

Population over time

2 figures

Bellaire grew from 16,855 to 17,202 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201016,855
202017,202+347 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

67 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Bellaire between 2000 and 2020, burning about 52 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceD028, E007, E016, L007, M006, SF024
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE007
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE016
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE010
4 August 2000Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 254
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE048
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE002
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE021

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bellaire: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Plant No. 2Barium-BariteProducer
Signal Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Echo Ii Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Walkers Sand IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Harris County

Storms near this place

28 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellaire in 28 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014LightningBellaire4 hurtFour people were sent to the hospital after being struck by lightning near Renwick Drive.
May 2005Tornado (F1)Bellaire2 hurt, $240,000Tornado traveled northeast from Fondren to Bellfort to Dunlap to North Braeswood. Damage included a building collapse at Larkwood and Fondren where a second floor fell into the first floor (two injuries). 78 units in 5 apartment complexes were damaged. Many vehicle windows were shattered in a parking lot at the Bankside Village Apartments. Trees were down at Hillcroft and Braeswood and at Braeswood and Dunlap.
April 2004Tornado (F1)Bellaire$250,000Tornado damaged shopping center at Ranchester and Bellaire intersection. Shopping center building received significant damage to its eastern rear and western front windows. Cars in shopping center parking lot were damaged with one overturned on its side. A residential neighborhood on the south side of Bellaire Street, Sharpstown County Club Terrace, received tree and fencing damage. Reports of cars overturned and window damage at the intersection of Bellaire Street and Hwy 8 approximately 1/2 mile west of the aforementioned shopping center (Key Map 530E-J).
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Bellaire$150,000Storm survey showed damage thrown in multiple directions. Numerous witnesses reported swirling debris. One person witnessed a funnel cloud briefly touch down at apartment complex.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindBellaire$100,000Trees down and fence damage between Bellaire and Beechnut Streets in SW Bellaire. Gas station canopy blown off at the intersection of Beechnut and I-610 (Key Map 531L-M).
March 2007Thunderstorm WindBellaire$45,000Piper`s Crossing Apartments was damaged by straight line winds stripping a portion of a brick facade off. This brick facing damaged a few vehicles in the parking lot.
May 1999HailBellaire$30,000Quarter-sized hail in Meyerland area.
May 1999HailBellaire$30,000Quarter-sized hail reported at intersection of Bellaire and Westlayan.
January 2016HailBellaire$15,000Tennis ball sized hail occurred in Bellaire.
February 2005HailBellaire$10,000Mission Bend area.
April 2004HailBellaire$10,000Penny-size hail reported at Beechnut and Hwy 6 intersection (Key Map 528J).
December 2002Thunderstorm WindBellaire$10,000Power lines down near Highway 6 and Bellaire.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBellaire$9,000Trees down.
January 2016HailBellaire$6,000Golfball sized hail occurred to the south of the Bellaire area.
January 2016HailBellaire$5,000Golfball sized hail occurred around the Gulfton Street area just to the northwest of Bellaire.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBellaire$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds that tossed a metal shed across a parking lot. There was also minor awning damage to a nearby building.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindBellaire$4,000There was minor roof damage to a business.
May 2006HailBellaire$3,000Penny size hail at the intersection of Bellaire and Hillcroft.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBellaire$3,000Tree down.
January 1998Flash FloodBellaire$3,000Street flooding.
January 1998Flash FloodBellaire$2,000Street flooding
April 2019Thunderstorm WindBellaire-There were numerous reports of downed tree limbs in and around the Bellaire and West University Place areas.
May 2019Flash FloodBellaire-Widespread street flooding with impassable roadways from Bellaire to Meyerland.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBellaire-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near the intersection of South Braeswood Blvd. and Braewick Drive.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBellaire-Thunderstorm winds downed trees near the intersection of Holly Street and Newcastle Drive.
May 2015HailBellaire-Dime sized hail was reported near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Meadowglen Lane.
May 2010HailBellaire-Penny sized hail was observed in Bellaire.
July 2003Funnel CloudBellaire-Two funnel clouds spotted at Bellfort and Gessner.

Every storm recorded in Harris 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
Southside Place1.2 miles11
Meyerland1.5 miles11
West University Place1.6 miles11
Bellaire Junction1.6 miles11
Linkwood1.7 miles11
Maplewood1.8 miles11
Lamar Terrace1.9 miles11
Woodside2.2 miles11

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 BellaireAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q773495The 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 1330381. 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.