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Pine Crest, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Beaumont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77703. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont East quadrangle.

Pine Crest within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Pine Crest between 1992 and 2017, burning about 87 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 August 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTEST
10 May 2011Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 379
25 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMALL HAY FIRE
23 April 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBig Thicket National ParkTRASH CAN2
4 March 2006Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service536 R 5
22 March 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBig Thicket National ParkTRASH CAN
21 March 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 77
14 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBig Thicket National ParkCONFLUENCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pine Crest: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Bromine. 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
Beaumont PlantBromineProducer
Rose City PitSilicaProducer
Rose City Sand PitSilicaProducer
Beeco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
L O Block Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

14 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Crest in 14 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2011LightningPine Crest$250,000Excessive lightning caused a fire at the Stone Hearth Apartments. One unit with eight apartments was on fire and the roof partially collapsed.
May 2020Flash FloodPine Crest$75,000Multiple roads in Beaumont were flooded and closed. Some vehicles in a car dealership were flooded and water approached several homes and businesses. A home rain gauge in the area recorded 5.72 inches during the event.
January 2023Flash FloodPine Crest$10,000Streets were flooded and cars were stalled due to heavy rain.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindPine Crest$10,000A tree fell and partially damaged 2 homes and a carport and car in North Beaumont. A few other isolated trees were also reported down in the area.
August 2014LightningPine Crest$5,000Lightning struck a tree in North Beaumont which then fell on a house damaging the kitchen. Three people were inside the home when the tree fell, but no one was injured.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPine Crest$5,000KFDM-TV reported trees blown down on Helbig Road, with more than 4400 customers losing power in Jefferson County.
June 2025Flash FloodPine Crest-Multiple reports of minor street flooding were received from Beaumont.
January 2024Flash FloodPine Crest-Multiple ditch and stream gages indicated flooding on roadways from Beaumont to Fannett.
May 2024Flash FloodPine Crest-Heavy rain flooded underpasses in Beaumont. Twin City Highway flooded through Central Gardens and multiple streets also flooded in Nederland.
April 2023HailPine Crest-An MPING report of hail to 1 inch in diameter.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindPine Crest-A large branch was broken off a tree.
September 2021Flash FloodPine Crest-Multiple streets across Jefferson County were flooded with underpasses closed while Nicholas moved across the region.
September 2017FloodPine Crest-Record or near record crests along the Lower Neches River occurred during Tropical Storm Harvey. Areas along the river stayed flooded during much of the first week of September as the Neches remained above major flood stage. This affected some refineries near the river and also some parks, roadways, and residences. The crest finally moved through Sabine Lake during the 3rd.
July 2012Heavy RainPine Crest-The Eastex Freeway service road between East Lucas and Delaware was flooded due heavy rain.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Helbig1.3 miles14
Calder Highlands2.0 miles15
Rosedale2.5 miles14
Beaumont2.6 miles19
Calder Terrace2.9 miles15
Gilburg3.0 miles14
Caldwood3.5 miles15
Mount Evergreen3.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1375462. 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.