Guffey, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the LaBelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77705. It lies near Spindletop Hill. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont East quadrangle.
On record in Guffey
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lucas Gusher, Spindletop Oil FieldNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1926 USGS Vidor quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Beaumont East quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Beaumont East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Beaumont East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Guffey between 1996 and 2015, burning about 223 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 77 |
| 18 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5100 N HWY 347 |
| 17 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 111 |
| 14 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 103 |
| 24 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 92 |
| 23 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 89 |
| 19 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 January 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Guffey: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Sulfur, Sulfur, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spindletop Dome Mine | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1950, 1952, 1976 | |
| Beaumont Plant | Bromine | Producer | ||
| Beaumont Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Maco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Spindletop Dome Sulfur Mine | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Spindletop Wells | Bromine | Producer | Brine | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guffey in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guffey | $1,000,000 | A dock crane was blown over into the Neches Ship Channel. A large salvage crane also broke loose. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guffey | $400,000 | At Lamar University, strong winds uplifted and peeled back a large portion of the University Police station and toppled several large trees. A glass wall and several windows were also blown in. On Oregon Ave, the exterior brick wall of an apartment building collapsed. Max estimated wind gusts were between 105 and 110 MPH. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guffey | $20,000 | A wind gust of 68 MPH was recorded at the Pietzsch-Macarthur School by a KFDM mesonet. A building was also damaged at Gladys City. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guffey | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down near Lamar University. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Guffey | $1,000 | Heavy rain trained across portions of Southeast Texas for multiple hours on already saturated soil. This produced flooding around Beaumont which closed some streets including an underpass along MLK Boulevard and stranded at least one motorist on a feeder road of the Eastex Freeway. |
| January 2012 | Flash Flood | Guffey | $1,000 | The Beaumont Enterprise and KFDM reported Eastex Freeway at East Lucas Drive impassable. Underpasses along MLK Parkway were flooded. Flooding was also reported along Dowlen and Lucas Roads. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Guffey | $1,000 | KBMT-TV reported S MLK Jr. Parkway was closed around Lamar University due to underpass flooding. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Guffey | - | Public reported pea to dime size hail near Lamar University. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378394. 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.








