Magnolia Beach, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Port Lavaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77979. The Survey maps it on the Port Lavaca East quadrangle. 217 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Port Lavaca East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Port Lavaca East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia Beach between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,627 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2020 | Natural | 159 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | WHITMIRE THREAT |
| 20 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,400 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | TATTON ASSIST 2 |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RADIO TOWER |
| 2 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG DUKES |
| 5 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | TATTON ASSIST #1 |
| 11 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAGNOLIA |
| 24 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLOMA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magnolia Beach in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Magnolia Beach | $100,000 | Tornado formed just south of Magnolia Beach, near C.R. 2760 and Highway 316. The tornado moved quickly north into northwest Magnolia Beach. Damage was primarily observed along La Lucia Street. Roughly 12 homes received damage, 2 of which suffered major damage and loss of roofs. Three trapped residents had to be rescued from their homes, however no injuries were reported. Approximately 6 power poles were downed and several cars were damaged. Some trees were completely stripped of foliage and limbs.| |
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Magnolia Beach | $30,000 | An NWS survey concluded a short lived tornado touched down near Alamo Beach Street and Lee Street in Alamo Beach. Near this point two homes were observed with small portions of their roofs peeled back. Sheet metal was also torn off the side of one of the homes and a window was broken. A third home near the area was observed to have missing shingles. The tornado continued west to a point near F. M. 2717 between Fannin and East Sunrise Streets. At this point, a poorly constructed mobile home with two floors was observed to have significant damage. The top floor was taken off and deposited to the west-southwest. The bottom floor was partially shifted off the blocks but remained upright. A brick facade on the west side of the home collapsed. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 75 mph with a path length of one quarter of a mile and path width of 100 yards. |
| November 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | $5,000 | TXDOT barricades were knocked over. Damage to a porch on a home also occurred. A trailer was also flipped over by the winds. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | - | Mesonet site at Alamo Beach measured a gust to 68 mph. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | - | Wind damage several fish houses were demolished...and a metal pole penetrated a travel trailer at miller's point. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Beach | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Indianola | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Port Lavaca | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Olivia | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Point Comfort | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Clark Station | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Port Alto | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Port O'Connor | 10.6 miles | 8 |
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 Magnolia Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6731862 | 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 1362075. 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.





