Cedar Bayou, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Baytown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77521. It stands on Cary Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Mont Belvieu quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1916 USGS Cedar Bayou quadrangle1:24000
- 1919 USGS Cedar Bayou quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cedar Bayou quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Mont Belvieu quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mont Belvieu quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mont Belvieu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Bayou between 1997 and 2015, burning about 92 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 290 |
| 18 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 219 |
| 6 March 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | NO TXP PARKING LOT |
| 12 February 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 December 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | JOESHOUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Bayou: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Clay, Halite, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Exxon Baytown Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Barbers Hill Mine | Halite, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1908, 1955 | |
| Gulf Coast Portland Cement Co | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Bayou in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Cedar Bayou | $28,000 | Tornado downed trees and flipped over a horse trailer. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Cedar Bayou | $15,000 | Damage in and around a residence near the intersection of East Osage Road and East Shawnee included a mobile home moved, shingles removed on a home, a large tree limb (unknown origin) down in the yard and a large mattress lofted across the property. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Cedar Bayou | - | Flash flooding was reported near the intersection of TX-146 and Alexander Dr in Baytown. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cedar Bayou | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Highway 146 and Interstate 10. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaparral Village | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Allenbrook | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Country Club Gardens | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Country Club Estates | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Country Club Cove | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Country Club Oaks | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Quail Hollow | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Roseland Manor | 2.9 miles | 17 |
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 Cedar Bayou | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5056573 | 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 2034871. 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.









