BlockFrom the record
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Colorado County · listed in 2007 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Eagle Lake Commercial Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- Address. 100-416 E. Main St., 101-108 W. Main St., 101-124 Commerce St., 101-201 N. McCarty Ave., 100-203 E. Post Office St., Eagle Lake, 77434
- When was it listed? June 2007
- Category. district
- Census division. Eagle Lake
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- National Register reference number. 07000494 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Lake Commercial Historic District between 2008 and 2013, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0005 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Lake Commercial Historic District: 9 producers, 8 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Parker Brothers Eagle Lake Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica | Producer | ||
| Anday Corp Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Benevidez Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Dredge and Plant No. 34 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eagle Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Eagle Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| H&H No. 319 Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stafford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Lake, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $215,000 | Numerous power lines and telephone lines downed. Roofs also blown off several businesses. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $100,000 | Damage on NW side of Eagle Lake surveyed by emergency manager. Several areas of tree and metal roof damage found along a fairly broad path. Damage and radar consistent with straight line wind damage. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $100,000 | Tree down on house with widespread wind damage in the city. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Eagle Lake | $100,000 | Four cars and other structures near golf course damaged and three large trees downed. Dime sized hail also reported. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Eagle Lake | $50,000 | An apartment complex flooded and this required an evacuation. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $25,000 | Sheriff reported roof damage and power lines down in Eagle Lake. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $15,000 | Numerous trees down. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $13,000 | There was damage to a structure and also to a line of trees near South McCarty Avenue. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $10,000 | Power lines down. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Eagle Lake | $10,000 | Roads flooded, some up to 3 feet deep, in Eagle Lake. |
| December 1995 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $8,000 | Quarter size hail on Highway 90. |
| October 2002 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $7,000 | 1.00 to 1.75 inch hail in Eagle Lake. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $6,000 | Hail on Highway 90. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm downed powerlines in Eagle Lake. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $5,000 | Trees and powerlines blown down. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake | $5,000 | Sheriffs reported high winds in downtown Eagle Lake that damaged a nursing home and blew down utility poles (at Post Office and Lake Streets). |
| January 1998 | Hail | Eagle Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Eagle Lake | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000494 in Record Group 79. |
| Colorado County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.