Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“Church of the Guardian Angel is a historic Roman Catholic church at 5614 Demel Street in Wallis, Texas.”
Wikipedia article Church of the Guardian Angel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Austin County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Church of the Guardian Angel between 1996 and 2016, burning about 263 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 17 February 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MA GRASS FIRE WITH WALLIS FD |
| 17 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MA GRASS FIRE -W- WALLIS VFD |
| 13 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09-0000014 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Church of the Guardian Angel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallis, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Wallis | $100,000 | Numerous roads closed due to flooding including but not limited to FM109, FM 331, FM 2429, FM 1093 and SH 36. Moderate, yet record, flooding along the Brazos at San|Felipe caused several homes to flood along FM 1458. Inundation ranged from 4 to 7 feet of water. Minimal impacts were observed at Mill creek near Bellville. No impacts were observed from the minor flooding at the Brazos river near Hempstead. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallis | $45,000 | Trees downed, barns and buildings damaged along Highway 36 between Wallis and Orchard. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallis | $25,000 | Numerous cedar trees downed around home with a mobile trailer flipped over. Roof blown off a horse barn with minor damage to surrounding small structures off of Highway 60. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallis | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and power lines from Brazoria southwestward to around 1 mile west of the San Bernard River. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallis | $10,000 | Roof damage and trees blown down. |
| August 1996 | Hail | Wallis | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallis | $5,000 | The Texas Department of Safety reported metal outbuildings were blown over of FM 949 between Cat Spring and San Felipe. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Wallis | $5,000 | The Austin County Sheriff's Department relayed a public report of nickel-size hail in Wallis. |
| November 1995 | Hail | Wallis | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallis | $3,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous power lines south of Wallis which left most of the community without power. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Wallis | $3,000 | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallis | $2,000 | Tree was downed on Birch Street due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Wallis | - | Heavy rain resulted in street flooding in the Meadow Bend subdivision near FM518 in League City. |
| August 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Wallis | - | A funnel cloud was sighted in the Offatts Bayou area near Galveston Island. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallis | - | Crops destroyed from Wallis to the Ft. Bend county line. |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003074 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Austin County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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