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One of 82 National Register listings published here for Galveston County · listed in 2021 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Bayou Brae Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The listing
- Address. All properties on Bayou Dr., Brae Ln., Coryell St., Oboe Trail, Woodwind Way, and Viola Dr., League City, 77573
- When was it listed? May 2021
- Category. district
- Census division. Texas City-League City
- National Register reference number. 100006547 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
39 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Bayou Brae Historic District between 2008 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21695 IH45 |
| 19 September 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH OR BRUSH-AND-GRASS |
| 7 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-0000523 |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000474 |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000473 |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E094 |
| 12 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E094 |
| 10 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E094 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bayou Brae Historic District: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seabrook Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Webster Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1934 |
Storms near this property
51 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names League City, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 12 flash flood, 11 hail, 3 funnel cloud. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Tornado (F1) | League City | 4 hurt, $100,000 | Tornado touched down at Clear Creek high School. Windows blown out, temporary building turned over and damaged, fence damage to baseball field and tennis courts, soccer bleachers damaged. Roof damage to nearby elementary school and area homes and businesses. Wall failure on a strip shopping center on FM 518 east of Meadowbend Pkwy. 4 injuries from flying glass. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | 1 hurt, $50,000 | Numerous power lines, street signs, and large tree limbs blown down mainly in the Newport, Brittany Bay, and Landing subdivisions. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $75,000 | Widespread tree and fence damage along with minor residential roof and home damage at FM 518 and Bay Area Blvd near Hall Elementary School in the Countyside South subdivision. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $75,000 | Windows blown out of residential homes, roof damage, trees, and fences blown down. Power lines and signs also down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $45,000 | Numerous trees down and damage to some homes and businesses. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $35,000 | Semi-tractor trailer overturned onto another vehicle on Interstate 45 at FM 646. Winds also blew down a few large concrete wall structures at a construction site at the same intersection. Numerous fences and store signs were also blown down in and around League City and Dickinson. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $30,000 | Tree down on one home with numerous downed tree limbs. National Weather Service in League City estimated wind gusts between 50 and 60 mph during the height of the storm. |
| March 2002 | Hail | League City | $30,000 | Two inch Hail occurred at the League City Police Department. |
| March 2023 | Lightning | League City | $25,000 | A lightning strike ignited a fire in a church along FM 518 in League City, causing damage to the building. |
| June 2022 | Lightning | League City | $25,000 | A lightning strike caused significant damage to a home. |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | League City | $25,000 | High water in and around League City. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $20,000 | A large tree was blown down by strong winds at East Walker and Eden. |
| August 1998 | Tornado (F0) | League City | $20,000 | Tornado downed trees and tore bricks off a house. Damage to roof and vehicle as well. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $15,000 | Power pole down. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $14,000 | Power lines down on FM 2094 east of Clear Creek High School. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $10,000 | Tree down on a house and power line near Highway 96 and Interstate 45. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $10,000 | Trees down on West Walker Street near Victory Lakes Subdivision. |
| May 2006 | Hail | League City | $10,000 | Quarter size hail. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $10,000 | Trees down. |
| March 2002 | Hail | League City | $10,000 | Nickel sized Hail occurred in the Countryside subdivision at FM 518 and Bay Area Boulevard. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $10,000 | Large tree limbs down on FM 270. |
| June 2016 | Lightning | League City | $8,000 | A lightning strike caused electrical damage to the League City City Hall's parking lot lights. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | League City | $5,000 | Rainfall totals of between five to ten inches produced widespread flooding. Street flooding was severe enough to force numerous road closures from northwestern Fort Bend County eastward into northern Galveston County. Homes and businesses flooded along Keegans Bayou from below Wilcrest Road to above Beltway 8. Thirteen to fifteen businesses flooded on the western bank of Keegans Bayou along West Bellfort Road between US 59 and Wilcrest. This flooding was a direct result of the bayou over-topping its banks by 2 to 3 feet. Based on high water marks left on the Wilcrest bridge at least 1 foot of water was flowing over the top of the bridge deck. 1 house flooded along Keegans Bayou between Beltway 8 and US 59 from local run-off then from the bayou when it rose above bank full. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | League City | $5,000 | Repeated thunderstorm development and associated training across the far northern portions of Galveston County around the League City area produce flash flooding. Numerous roads were under water and several automobiles were flooded and abandoned. |
| February 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $5,000 | League City Police reported fences blown down near the Houston Gulf Airport at Highway 96. |
| February 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $5,000 | League City Police reported power lines down at Lawrence Road and FM 2094. |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | League City | $5,000 | Street flooding was reported in League City and Friendswood. |
| April 1993 | Hail | League City | $5,000 | Golf ball-size hail was reported by off-duty Weather Service personnel. |
| April 2003 | Hail | League City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | League City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | League City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Flash Flood | League City | $3,000 | Widespread street flooding in and around League City. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | League City | $3,000 | Street flooding. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | League City | $2,000 | Street flooding. |
| May 2024 | Hail | League City | - | Golf ball sized hail was observed in the League City area. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | - | Trees were downed in the League City area just north of FM 518 near Clear Creek. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | - | Shingles were blown off and one-inch tree limbs were broken. |
| May 2023 | Hail | League City | - | There was penny sized hail. |
| June 2023 | Hail | League City | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near the FM 270 and FM 518 intersection. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | League City | - | Heavy rain from ongoing thunderstorms resulted in street flooding along NASA Boulevard in Webster. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | League City | - | There were reports of trees and power lines downed along Highway 96 just west of Highway 3. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | League City | - | There was flooding along the Gulf Freeway-Interstate 45 that closed sections of the freeway between the FM 518 and Highway 96 exits. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | League City | - | There was high flood water that caused the intersection of the Gulf Freeway and Highway 96 to become impassable. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | League City | - | Low water ways were flooded along FM 270 from FM 646 to NASA Road 1.||Approximately 7,000 homes and 125 businesses were impacted by flood waters across the county. Clear Creek measured record levels that lead to the widespread flooding throughout Friendswood and League City. Major flooding occurred along the Dickinson Bayou; from Cemetery Road to east of Highway 3 along FM 517. Flood waters inundated sections of Interstate 45, Bay Area Boulevard, FM 528, FM 518 and numerous primary and secondary county roads. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | League City | - | There was widespread flooding around League City. Several roads were impassable due to high water. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | League City | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near the intersection of FM 518 and Interstate 45. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | League City | - | A funnel cloud was sighted at the intersection of FM 518 and Interstate 45. |
| September 2003 | Funnel Cloud | League City | - | Funnel cloud reported between Egret Bay and League City. |
| May 1994 | Hail | League City | - | 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 100006547 in Record Group 79. |
| Galveston County | All 82 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.