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North Beach, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Corpus Christi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78402. It lies near Spoil Island. The Survey maps it on the Corpus Christi quadrangle.

North Beach within Nueces County

On record in North Beach

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of North Beach between 2008 and 2017, burning about 203 acres in total. None 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
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
18 July 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2146 SAVOY
2 April 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5217 SUNBELT
27 February 2008Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 February 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-022

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nueces County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of North Beach: 7 producers, 3 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Chromium, Barium-Barite, Silica. 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
(Facility) Corpus Christi Zinc RefineryZinc, CadmiumPlant
Centex Corp Clay PitClayProducer
Corpus Christi Grinding PlantCement RockProducer
Corpus Christi Texas PlantChromiumProducer
Corpus Cristi MillBarium-BariteProducer
Hitox PlantTitaniumProducer
P P G Industries Inc OperationSilicaProducer
(Facility) Champlin's Corpus Christi RefinerySulfurPlant
(Facility) Valero Corpus Christi RefinerySulfurPlant
Coastal Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Nueces County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Beach in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 9 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
October 2014Flash FloodNorth Beach$250,000Public reported flooding occurred near American Bank Center where Bike Fest was being held. Flood waters were deep enough to cause some damage to motorcycles outside.
May 2015Flash FloodNorth Beach$200,000Heavy rainfall, ranging from 4 to 6 inches, fell in a short period of time over northern portions of Corpus Christi. Many intersections along Leopard, Agnes, and Staples Streets were flooded. Access roads along Interstate 37 and Crosstown Expressway were flooded. Several homes were flooded between North Padre Island Drive and Crosstown Expressway. Many cars were stalled in high water.
October 2014Flash FloodNorth Beach$100,000Spotter reported very heavy rain in the downtown area near Concrete Street. Water was up to 1 foot in depth at Interstate 37 and downtown with cars stalled.
July 2024Flash FloodNorth Beach-Texas Department of Transportation reported numerous road closures due to flooding over North Beach. In addition, there were several reports of water over portions of HWY-358 and in poor drainage areas.
June 2024Funnel CloudNorth Beach-An NWS employee reported a tropical funnel cloud near or over Corpus Christi Bay on the morning of June 12th.
September 2022Flash FloodNorth Beach-High water was reported on several roads near the downtown area. Barricades were requested to close off affected roads.
August 2022Flash FloodNorth Beach-Harbor Bridge construction project crews temporarily closed the Port Avenue and Nueces Bay Boulevard exits to Martin Luther King Drive and the northwest loop ramp connecting to southbound Crosstown Expressway in downtown Corpus Christi.
May 2021Flash FloodNorth Beach-Flood waters covered Shoreline Road on North Beach.
September 2018Flash FloodNorth Beach-Water was over the roadways at Crosstown Expressway and Interstate 37 south to around Brownlee and Morgan Streets.
April 2012Flash FloodNorth Beach-Numerous roads and intersections flooded in Corpus Christi. Interstate 37 under U. S. Highway 181 and the turnaround near Nueces Causeway was under water.

Every storm recorded in Nueces 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
Corpus Christi1.5 miles12
Nueces3.8 miles12
Flour Bluff Junction6.0 miles12
Viola7.2 miles13
McNorton7.9 miles13
Gardendale8.0 miles14
Clarkwood8.3 miles13
San Juan8.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1342688. 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.