Crabbs Prairie, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77320. The Survey maps it on the Crabbs Prairie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Crabbs Prairie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Crabbs Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,644 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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 | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8066 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 846 |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 183 acres | Livingston Area | PINEDALE FIRE |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 432 |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALKER 15:33 |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 940 |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Crabbs Prairie: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Pine Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crabbs Prairie in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 hail, 6 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | $25,000 | A strong upper level distrubance along with a very warm humid airmass resulted in a squall line which swept across southeast Texas on May 4th. The storms mainly affected the northern half of southeast Texas, moving as far south as Interstate 10 before weakening. Numerous reports of hail up to golfball sized were received, along with a few reports of downed trees. Flash flooding occurred in Grimes and central Washington Counties. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | $20,000 | 1.75 inch hail in Crabbs Prairie. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crabbs Prairie | $19,000 | A barn was destroyed along Wire Road. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crabbs Prairie | $13,000 | A trailer lost part of its roof and three bay doors were blown out. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crabbs Prairie | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were downed along FM 1696. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Crabbs Prairie | $3,000 | Water flowing over FM 2550 1 mile south of FM 1696. High water in and around Huntsville. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | - | Dime to penny sized hail was reported. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Crabbs Prairie | - | Portions of Hwy 30 in Walker County were made impassable due to flash flooding. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Crabbs Prairie | - | Flooding resulted in multiple water rescues along FM 1696. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Crabbs Prairie | - | The Interstate 45 frontage road north of Huntsville was made impassable due to flash flooding. Flooding dollar damage includes flooding from month leading up to this day. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Crabbs Prairie | - | FM247 was closed between Huntsville and Midway due to floodwaters making the roadway impassable. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crabbs Prairie | - | Trees were downed onto Didlake Road. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crabbs Prairie | - | Trees were downed near the intersection of Highway 75 and FM 1696. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Crabbs Prairie | - | There were numerous roads that were flooded and impassable in and around the Huntsville area. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | - | Nickel sized hail was reported to the north northwest of Huntsville. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | - | Dime sized hail was reported outside of Huntsville. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crabbs Prairie | - | Trees were reported down along FM 1696 near Crabbs Prairie. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | - | Quarter sized hail reported in Crabbs Prairie. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | - | Nickel to quarter size hail observed 10 miles west of Interstate 45. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| November 2004 | Hail | Crabbs Prairie | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galilee | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Prairie | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Huntsville | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Hill | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Morian | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mossy Grove | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Wesley Grove | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony | 9.2 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563716 | 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 1380834. 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.




