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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Population over time
2 figuresMont 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,835 | |
| 2020 | 7,654 | +3,819 (+100%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1916 USGS Cedar Bayou quadrangle1:24000
- 1919 USGS Cedar Bayou quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cedar Bayou quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Mont Belvieu quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mont Belvieu quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mont Belvieu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional 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 minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 57 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 819 |
| 14 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 290 |
| 5 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 November 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 November 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 October 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill Mine | Halite, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1908, 1955 | |
| Diamond Shamrock Barbers Hill Brine | Salt | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Mont Belvieu | $50,000 | Houston Power and Light Company lost two long line transmission circuits in Mont Belvieu. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Mont Belvieu | $25,000 | Flooding in and around Mont Belvieu. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mont Belvieu | $20,000 | Wind damage. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mont Belvieu | $18,000 | There was minor damage to a school building. Trees and fences were down in the area. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Mont Belvieu | $15,000 | Quarter-size hail damaged sheriff vehicle's windshield. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Mont Belvieu | $10,000 | High 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 2001 | Hail | Mont Belvieu | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mont Belvieu | $7,000 | 18-wheeler overturned on Interstate 10. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mont Belvieu | $7,000 | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Flash Flood | Mont Belvieu | $5,000 | Street Flooding in and around Mont Belvieu. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mont Belvieu | $5,000 | Wind damage to billboards on HWY 146. |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mont Belvieu | $3,000 | Powerlines blown down. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Mont Belvieu | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mont Belvieu | - | Strong winds from the derecho damaged the roof of Chambers County EMS. Time was estimated based on radar data. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Mont Belvieu | - | Widespread flooding was reported along multiple roadways across Mont Belvieu. |
| March 2017 | Flash Flood | Mont 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Mont Belvieu | - | Sections of Highway 99 the Grand Parkway were inundated with flood waters. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Mont Belvieu | - | Sections of Interstate 10 across Chambers County were closed due to flood water inundation. |
| July 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Mont Belvieu | - | Funnel cloud sighted a couple of miles west of FM 146, near FM 1942. |
| November 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Mont Belvieu | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Mont Belvieu | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Mont Belvieu | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old River-Winfree | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cove | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wallisville | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Eminence | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Turtle Bayou | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Anahuac | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Beach City | 12.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hankamer | 14.0 miles | 12 |
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 Belvieu | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981185 | 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 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.









