Pine Forest, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Vidor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77662. It stands on Tenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pine Forest quadrangle. 499 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPine Forest fell from 632 to 499 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 632 | |
| 2010 | 487 | -145 (-23%) |
| 2020 | 499 | +12 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1926 USGS Lakeview quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pine Forest quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Pine Forest quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Pine Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,606 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 49 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 burning | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 214 |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 321 |
| 20 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 238 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pine Forest: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beeco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| L O Block Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
15 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Forest in 15 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Forest | 1 killed, $3,000 | An 84 year old Pine Forest resident was killed at his residence on Hulett Street by a fallen tree limb. As the man arrived home at his residence and exited a vehicle, a tree limb as large as a car was blown out of a 60 foot tall pine tree and crushed both him and the vehicle. |
| March 2016 | Flood | Pine Forest | $500,000 | The flood wave from the heavy rain event during the 9th and 10th moved across western sections of Orange County flooding around 10 homes. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Pine Forest | $250,000 | Heavy rain during the end of May produced flash flooding across areas upstream of B. A. Steinhagen Lake. Even one small earthen dam failed near Colmesneil. This flood wave traveled down the Neches flooding areas south of Dam B including several homes and camps in the Lakeview Community in Northwest Orange County. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Forest | $10,000 | An animal refuge building collapsed from the high winds. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Forest | $6,000 | Several large trees were downed along with numerous branches and a carport was damaged in the Lakeview area. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Forest | $2,000 | A large tree was downed across highway 1131 north of Vidor. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Forest | - | Large tree limbs downed onto a home and carport. |
| March 2018 | Flash Flood | Pine Forest | - | Street flooding resulted from several inches of heavy rain. Some roads became impassable for a period. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Pine Forest | - | A report of nickel to quarter size hail was received north of Vidor. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Pine Forest | - | Heavy rain began during the 17th across Orange and Jefferson Counties with 1 to 5 inches fall before sunrise of the 18th, however during the 18th an additional 4 to 8 inches of rain fell. This large amount of rainfall lead to numerous streets and roadways being flooded including the feeder roads along Interstate 10 between Beaumont and Orange. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Forest | - | A spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 60 MPH north of Vidor with a passing storm. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Pine Forest | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Pine Forest | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Pine Forest | - | no account filed |
| October 2003 | Hail | Pine Forest | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Forest | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Vidor | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Maple Crest Acres | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lawson Crossing | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lakewood | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeview | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Doty | 4.9 miles | 13 |
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 Pine Forest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982239 | 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 1344043. 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.







