Seadrift, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Seadrift census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77983. The Survey maps it on the Seadrift quadrangle. 995 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSeadrift fell from 1,364 to 995 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 | 1,364 | |
| 2020 | 995 | -369 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Seadrift quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS San Antonio Bay quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Seadrift between 2007 and 2020, burning about 905 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHAFER |
| 7 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WASHINGTON |
| 29 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEMENTARY COMMAND |
| 6 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOOP COMMAND |
| 20 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | 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 Seadrift: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Industries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Trinity No 1 Dredge | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seadrift in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Seadrift | $1,000,000 | An EF-1 tornado touched down in north part of the community of Seadrift on Oakland Avenue and traveled to the east-northeast to North 3rd Street. The tornado flipped several mobile homes and completely destroyed one mobile home near the intersection of West Denver Avenue and North 4th Street. A truck and boat were capsized. Several homes experienced roof damage and several outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Eight homes were destroyed with one home sustaining major damage and two homes receiving minor damage. Estimated peak wind from the tornado was 110 mph. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seadrift | $150,000 | NWS storm survey determined straight-line winds up to 90 mph struck a mobile home park on Lane Road east of Seadrift. One mobile home was flipped and destroyed. Three recreational vehicles were lifted and flipped on their sides. Four other RVs were blown off their blocks. There was damage to a bait shop also. |
| January 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seadrift | $20,000 | A large light pole was snapped at a baseball field. An awning was blown off of a business and into boats at the marina. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Seadrift | $10,000 | A brief tornado touched down around 3 miles east-northeast of Seadrift. The tornado destroyed a shed and a carport. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Seadrift | $10,000 | Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported in Seadrift. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Seadrift | $5,000 | Quarter sized hail reported at the Bayside Express Gas Station in Seadrift. |
| February 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seadrift | $5,000 | Several large trees were uprooted just east of Seadrift by strong winds from a thunderstorm. Residents in and near Seadrift reported large limbs knocked off trees as well. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Seadrift | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seadrift | $750 | A huge tree uprooted and 3 windows broken at a residence. |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seadrift | - | TCOON mesonet station at Seadrift Harbor measured a gust to 60 mph. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seadrift | - | RAWS site on Matagorda Island recorded a 61 mph wind gust. |
| September 2012 | Funnel Cloud | North Seadrift | - | A funnel cloud was reported near the intersection of Highway 35 and Highway 185 near Green Lake. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seadrift | - | The wind gusts was measured by Matagorda RAWS site. |
| November 2006 | Hail | Seadrift | - | Nickle to quarter sized hail was reported in Seadrift.| |
| January 1998 | Hail | Seadrift | - | Spotter report of quarter sized hail. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Seadrift | - | Nickel-size hail was reported East of Seadrift, by the public. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Seadrift | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Flash Flood | Seadrift | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Seadrift | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mott | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| North Seadrift | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Green Lake | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Alamo Beach | 13.2 miles | 10 | |
| Heyser | 13.4 miles | 8 | |
| Magnolia Beach | 13.5 miles | 10 | |
| Indianola | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Clark Station | 13.9 miles | 8 |
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 Seadrift | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981267 | 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 1346842. 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.




