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.
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
Eagle Lake Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2007
Population over time
2 figuresEagle 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,639 | |
| 2020 | 3,442 | -197 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Industries Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Parker Brothers Eagle Lake Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica | Producer | ||
| Anday Corp Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Benevidez Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Dredge and Plant No. 34 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eagle Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Eagle Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| H&H No. 319 Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stafford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $215,000 | Numerous power lines and telephone lines downed. Roofs also blown off several businesses. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $100,000 | Damage 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $100,000 | Tree down on house with widespread wind damage in the city. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Eagle Lake | $100,000 | Four cars and other structures near golf course damaged and three large trees downed. Dime sized hail also reported. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Eagle Lake | $50,000 | An apartment complex flooded and this required an evacuation. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $25,000 | Sheriff reported roof damage and power lines down in Eagle Lake. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $15,000 | Numerous trees down. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $13,000 | There was damage to a structure and also to a line of trees near South McCarty Avenue. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $10,000 | Power lines down. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Eagle Lake | $10,000 | Roads flooded, some up to 3 feet deep, in Eagle Lake. |
| December 1995 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $8,000 | Quarter size hail on Highway 90. |
| October 2002 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $7,000 | 1.00 to 1.75 inch hail in Eagle Lake. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $6,000 | Hail on Highway 90. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm downed powerlines in Eagle Lake. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $5,000 | Trees and powerlines blown down. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $5,000 | Sheriffs reported high winds in downtown Eagle Lake that damaged a nursing home and blew down utility poles (at Post Office and Lake Streets). |
| January 1998 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Eagle Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Rayner Junction | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hoefer | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ramsey | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lafitte | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Matthews | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Altair | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Chesterville | 6.8 miles | 10 |
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 Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q970566 | 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 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.




