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Eagle Lake, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eagle Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77434. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Lake quadrangle. 3,442 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 174 feet above sea level.

Eagle Lake within Colorado County

On record in Eagle Lake

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Eagle Lake fell from 3,639 to 3,442 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
20103,639
20203,442-197 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Lake between 2008 and 2013, burning about 2 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
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
1 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 October 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 January 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Lake: 9 producers, 8 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Lone Star Industries PitSilicaProducer
Parker Brothers Eagle Lake PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer
Anday Corp Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Benevidez PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Dredge and Plant No. 34Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eagle Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Eagle Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
H&H No. 319 Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stafford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Colorado County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Lake in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2002Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$215,000Numerous power lines and telephone lines downed. Roofs also blown off several businesses.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$100,000Damage on NW side of Eagle Lake surveyed by emergency manager. Several areas of tree and metal roof damage found along a fairly broad path. Damage and radar consistent with straight line wind damage.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$100,000Tree down on house with widespread wind damage in the city.
August 1999Tornado (F0)Eagle Lake$100,000Four cars and other structures near golf course damaged and three large trees downed. Dime sized hail also reported.
May 2019Flash FloodEagle Lake$50,000An apartment complex flooded and this required an evacuation.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$25,000Sheriff reported roof damage and power lines down in Eagle Lake.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$15,000Numerous trees down.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$13,000There was damage to a structure and also to a line of trees near South McCarty Avenue.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$10,000Power lines down.
June 1997Flash FloodEagle Lake$10,000Roads flooded, some up to 3 feet deep, in Eagle Lake.
December 1995HailEagle Lake$10,000no account filed
May 2005HailEagle Lake$8,000Quarter size hail on Highway 90.
October 2002HailEagle Lake$7,0001.00 to 1.75 inch hail in Eagle Lake.
May 2005HailEagle Lake$6,000Hail on Highway 90.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$5,000A severe thunderstorm downed powerlines in Eagle Lake.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$5,000Trees and powerlines blown down.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindEagle Lake$5,000Sheriffs reported high winds in downtown Eagle Lake that damaged a nursing home and blew down utility poles (at Post Office and Lake Streets).
January 1998HailEagle Lake$5,000no account filed
July 2003Funnel CloudEagle Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Colorado 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
Lakeside1.7 miles10
Rayner Junction2.5 miles10
Hoefer4.9 miles10
Ramsey5.7 miles11
Lafitte6.3 miles10
Matthews6.3 miles9
Altair6.5 miles10
Chesterville6.8 miles10

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 Eagle LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q970566The 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 1334847. 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.