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Mont Belvieu, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mont Belvieu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77580. It lies near Barbers Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mont Belvieu quadrangle. 7,654 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 69 feet above sea level.

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Mont Belvieu within Chambers County

Population over time

2 figures

Mont Belvieu grew from 3,835 to 7,654 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,835
20207,654+3,819 (+100%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Mont Belvieu between 2000 and 2011, burning about 100 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2006Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use57 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIVINGSTON - 819
14 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 290
5 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 November 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 November 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 October 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 January 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chambers County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mont Belvieu: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barbers Hill MineHalite, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, Ultra PurePast Producer1908, 1955
Diamond Shamrock Barbers Hill BrineSaltProducer

Every working recorded in Chambers County

Storms near this place

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mont Belvieu in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 7 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 1993Tornado (F1)Mont Belvieu$50,000Houston Power and Light Company lost two long line transmission circuits in Mont Belvieu.
June 2004Flash FloodMont Belvieu$25,000Flooding in and around Mont Belvieu.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindMont Belvieu$20,000Wind damage.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindMont Belvieu$18,000There was minor damage to a school building. Trees and fences were down in the area.
April 2004HailMont Belvieu$15,000Quarter-size hail damaged sheriff vehicle's windshield.
June 2016Flash FloodMont Belvieu$10,000High rainfall lead to flooded roadways from Mont Belvieu east down I-10 to the town of Cove. High water that lead to road closures were reported at the intersection of Highway 146 and FM 1942 in Mont Belvieu, Highway 146 near I-10 south of Mont Belvieu, and Hackberry Gully at Highway 565 southwest of Cove.
April 2001HailMont Belvieu$10,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMont Belvieu$7,00018-wheeler overturned on Interstate 10.
April 2003HailMont Belvieu$7,000no account filed
March 2003Flash FloodMont Belvieu$5,000Street Flooding in and around Mont Belvieu.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindMont Belvieu$5,000Wind damage to billboards on HWY 146.
December 1997Thunderstorm WindMont Belvieu$3,000Powerlines blown down.
February 1998HailMont Belvieu$3,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMont Belvieu-Strong winds from the derecho damaged the roof of Chambers County EMS. Time was estimated based on radar data.
April 2024Flash FloodMont Belvieu-Widespread flooding was reported along multiple roadways across Mont Belvieu.
March 2017Flash FloodMont Belvieu-Street flooding caused car stalling in and around FM 565 south of Interstate 10, especially between the Grand Parkway and the Cove area.
August 2017Flash FloodMont Belvieu-Sections of Highway 99 the Grand Parkway were inundated with flood waters.
August 2017Flash FloodMont Belvieu-Sections of Interstate 10 across Chambers County were closed due to flood water inundation.
July 2007Funnel CloudMont Belvieu-Funnel cloud sighted a couple of miles west of FM 146, near FM 1942.
November 2004Funnel CloudMont Belvieu-no account filed
May 1994HailMont Belvieu-no account filed
May 1994Tornado (F0)Mont Belvieu-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chambers County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Old River-Winfree3.4 miles12
Cove4.9 miles12
Wallisville7.9 miles12
Eminence10.6 miles12
Turtle Bayou11.9 miles12
Anahuac12.2 miles12
Beach City12.8 miles17
Hankamer14.0 miles12

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 Mont BelvieuAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981185The 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 1341809. 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.