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Bellmead, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76705. The Survey maps it on the Waco East quadrangle. 10,494 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 436 feet above sea level.

Bellmead within McLennan County

Population over time

2 figures

Bellmead grew from 9,901 to 10,494 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
20109,901
202010,494+593 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

519 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 519 fires within 5 miles of Bellmead between 2003 and 2020, burning about 824 acres in total. None 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 burning376
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2530031
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2520018
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2510037
8 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-2510008
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2500034
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16-2510003
6 September 2015Debris and open burning150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDFIRE-SPRING LAKE ROAD
4 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGF155

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bellmead: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. 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
Pendley PitSilicaProducer
Universal Atlas Clay PitClayProducer
Universal Atlas Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waco Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Burt Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H and B No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Young Brazos River DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellmead in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 3 flash flood. 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
September 1997LightningBellmead1 hurtA man was struck and injured by lightning.
September 1997LightningBellmead$80,000Lightning struck a house and started a fire that resulted in major damage.
April 2011HailBellmead$25,000Quarter to golfball size hail fell at the Highway 31 and Highway 84 split in northern Waco.
April 2011HailBellmead$20,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBellmead$15,000Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree onto a car on Harrison Street in Waco.
June 2014Flash FloodBellmead$10,000A few roads in Bellmead were under water due to heavy rainfall over a 1-2 hour period.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindBellmead$5,000Amateur radio reported that a Ryder truck was overturned by thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Hwy 84 and Loop 340.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindBellmead$3,000Metal roofing was blown onto a transmitter, resulting in a power failure for several hours. The roofing was blown down by high thunderstorm winds.
June 2025Flash FloodBellmead$1,000A USAF partner relayed a picture of flood waters on Elk Road (FM 2491) east of Waco.
April 1998LightningBellmead$1,000A lightning strike started a fire in a shed.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindBellmead$1,000A fence and large tree limbs were blown down by high winds.
April 2026HailBellmead-Report of 1.5 inch hail from mPING.
May 2020HailBellmead-Report of quarter size hail relayed by broadcast media. Time estimated from radar.
April 2018HailBellmead-Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Bellmead, TX.
September 2013Flash FloodBellmead-A foot of water was flowing over a roadway near Interstate 35 and State Highway 84 in Bellmead.
September 2010HailBellmead-Quarter size hail was reported in Bellmead.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindBellmead-Strong winds blew down trees.
May 1994HailBellmead-Hen egg-size hail was reported near Bellmead.
May 1994HailBellmead-Hen egg-size hail was reported near Bellmead.
May 2022HailBellmead-no account filed
April 2020HailBellmead-no account filed
April 2011HailBellmead-no account filed
May 2006HailBellmead-no account filed
March 2003HailBellmead-no account filed
March 2002HailBellmead-no account filed
March 2002Thunderstorm WindBellmead-no account filed
February 2000HailBellmead-no account filed
October 2000HailBellmead-no account filed
May 1999HailBellmead-no account filed
April 1996HailBellmead-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindBellmead-no account filed
May 1995HailBellmead-no account filed
May 1995HailBellmead-no account filed
August 1995HailBellmead-no account filed
April 1995HailBellmead-no account filed
April 1995HailBellmead-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Lacy-Lakeview2.5 miles18
Ocaw2.6 miles18
East Waco2.6 miles18
Northcrest3.0 miles18
Vemo3.3 miles18
Waco3.7 miles19
Wardlaw4.0 miles18
Bannas Junction4.6 miles19

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 BellmeadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q816011The 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 1351850. 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.