Egypt, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77354. It stands on Nickaburr Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oklahoma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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
- 1962 USGS Oklahoma quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Egypt between 1992 and 2016, burning about 704 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODFOREST PARKWAY NORTH |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 190 |
| 3 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 32 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Egypt in 15 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | 1 killed, $50,000 | A home under construction collapsed due to strong thunderstorm winds. One worker that was inside was trapped and killed. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $10,000 | Trees down along FM 1488 between FM 2972 and SH 242. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $8,000 | Trees downed in the road at the intersection of Forestgate and Woodlands Parkway. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $6,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees along FM 1488. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $5,000 | A thunderstorm downed some medium to large trees and caused roof damage to the Bear Branch Junior High School area. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Egypt | $5,000 | Numerous roads and intersections blocked due to high water, including the intersection of FM 1488 and FM 2978, the FM 1488 at Interstate 45, and Interstate 45 at Shepherd Hill. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | $2,000 | Trees were downed near Montgomery Drive. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Egypt | $2,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball sized hail near The Woodlands. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Egypt | $2,000 | Quarter sized hail reported at the intersection of FM 1488 and FM 2978 near The Woodlands. |
| July 2012 | Lightning | Egypt | $1,000 | Lightning struck a house and caused a two alarm fire at 7 Acadia Place in Spring. Time estimation via radar and lightning plots shows the lightning strike could've occurred any time between 14-1505 CST. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Egypt | - | A member of the public reported a large tree down near the Woodlands. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Egypt | - | Dime to penny size hail in The Woodlands near the intersection of Research Forest Drive and Alden Bridge Drive. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Egypt | - | Flooding caused road closures near River Oaks Drive and around Capstone Circle. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Egypt | - | A severe thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Egypt | - | A strong thunderstorm produced dime sized hail off of FM 1488. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Johnson | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ventura | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| The Woodlands | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Shenandoah | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Leonidas | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mostyn | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tamina | 7.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Egypt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5348303 | 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 1335134. 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.
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.




