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Webster, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77598. It stands on Cow Bayou. The Survey maps it on the League City quadrangle. 12,499 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 26 feet above sea level.

Webster within Harris County

Population over time

2 figures

Webster grew from 10,400 to 12,499 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.

YearPeople Change
201010,400
202012,499+2,099 (+20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

39 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 2008 and 2020, burning about 256 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service21695 IH45
19 September 2016Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH OR BRUSH-AND-GRASS
7 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12-0000523
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000474
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000473
25 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE094
12 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE094
10 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE094

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Webster: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Halite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ideal Basic Industries IncClayProducer
Seabrook Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Webster Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1934

Every working recorded in Harris County

Storms near this place

21 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Flash FloodWebster1 killed, $800,000Widespread street flooding occurred throughout the Webster area with 50 to 100 stranded or flooded vehicles. There was water in cars at a dealership at the intersection of El Dorado Blvd and Interstate 45. High water rescues were conducted in the Clear Lake area. There was one fatality when a male was swept away during one of the rescues. Flooding was reported at the Green Oaks Apartments at the intersection of Highway 3 and Pineloch Drive. There was a furniture store roof collapse due to the weight of the water.
May 2021LightningWebster$45,000Lightning struck the second floor of an apartment complex near the intersection of FM 528 and Blackhawk Blvd in Friendswood and set fire to several units.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindWebster$15,000Damage to a local business in a small strip mall on NASA Road 1 just east of Interstate 45. Eight south-facing large window panes were blown out from the inside along with interior ceiling damage.
May 2006HailWebster$10,000Nickel size hail at FM 528 and Bay Area Blvd.
February 2026Thunderstorm WindWebster$5,000Broadcast media reported that a staircase was damaged at a motel in Webster near the intersection of NASA Parkway and North Kobayashi Road.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindWebster$5,000Tree down blocking street.
November 1997Flash FloodWebster$3,000High water on feeder road at I-45 & Nasa Rd 1.
January 1999HailWebster$3,000no account filed
January 1998Thunderstorm WindWebster$2,00060 mph gusts and large tree limbs down at Bay Area Blvd & FM 528
February 2026Thunderstorm WindWebster$1,000A member of the public reported a downed tree at apartment complex near intersection of Bay Area Blvd and Glenwest Dr.
May 2024HailWebster-Quarter sized hail was observed in the Medical Center area of Clear Lake.
May 2024HailWebster-There was quarter sized hail in the Friendswood area and there were also several trees downed in the area of Tall Ships Lane.
May 2019HailWebster-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
May 2019Flash FloodWebster-Street flooding was reported in the Clear Lake area.
May 2019Flash FloodWebster-Sections of Bay Area Blvd flooded and became impassable.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindWebster-Thunderstorm winds broke tree branches and snapped a light pole.
April 2016HailWebster-Quarter size hail was reported in Webster.
June 2014Funnel CloudWebster-A funnel cloud was sighted near Baybrook Mall.
July 2006Funnel CloudWebster-Sighted by law enforcement.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindWebster-58 knot wind gust at Johnson Space Center.
February 2008HailWebster-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harris 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
Clear Lake1.2 miles18
Clear Lake City1.2 miles19
Pipers Meadow1.5 miles18
Camino South1.5 miles18
Nassau Bay1.5 miles19
Baybrook Village1.6 miles18
University Green2.0 miles19
Sterling Knoll2.4 miles18

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 WebsterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q973033The 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 1349594. 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.