Pleak, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rosenberg-Richmond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77469. It stands on Seabourne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Needville quadrangle. 971 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPleak fell from 1,044 to 971 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 | 1,044 | |
| 2020 | 971 | -73 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Needville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Pleak between 2006 and 2020, burning about 594 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEGAN DRIVE |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEEDVILLE |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAND ROAD |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARTLEDGE ROAD |
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 Pleak: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Mine | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1922, 1925 | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleak in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Pleak | $50,000 | Tornado snapped trees off and significantly damaged Meyer Elementary School in Pleak. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleak | $15,000 | Several trees were downed and damage occurred to a storage building on J Meyer Road. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleak | $12,000 | Strong winds collapsed a large barn while another smaller barn received damage. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Pleak | - | A member of the public reported golf ball-sized hail in Pleak. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McHattie | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fairchilds | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rosenberg | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Beasley | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bridlewood Estates | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Cumings | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Crabb | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Needville | 6.4 miles | 10 |
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 Pleak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2458940 | 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 1378879. 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.




