Elizabeth, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Beaumont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77706. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Beaumont West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Beaumont West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Elizabeth between 1999 and 2015, burning about 643 acres in total. 1 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KIETH RD |
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUT AID/BMT |
| 2 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 136 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9166 |
| 2 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 105/DEBRIS |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS/BRUSH |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elizabeth in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Elizabeth | $50,000 | Numerous streets flooded in Beaumont with cars stalled on North 11th and on the I-10 service road. |
| December 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | $4,000 | A tree was downed on to a home. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | - | A KFDM mesonet site recorded a wind gust of 60mph. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | Multiple reports of quarter size hail was reported along Major Drive in Beaumont. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Elizabeth | - | The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department reported street flooding in Beaumont including along Brooks Road. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Elizabeth | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported a funnel cloud on the west side of Beaumont. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Caldwood | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Calder Terrace | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Caldwood Acres | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sunnyside | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Calder Highlands | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Walden | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Meeker | 3.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1335310. 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.






