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One of 59 National Register listings published here for DeWitt County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bates-Sheppard House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Bates--Sheppard House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 312 E. Broadway, Cuero, 77954
- When was it listed? October 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. Cuero MRA
- Census division. Cuero
- National Register reference number. 88001948 - 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
127 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Bates-Sheppard House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 509 acres in total. 3 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 | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUNIPER / CEDAR TREE |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Bates-Sheppard House: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C W and A Incorporated | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this property
52 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuero, the town this property stands in, in 52 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 16 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 15 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | $150,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | $100,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew over trees and peeled back roofs of homes and businesses. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | $100,000 | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | $70,000 | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | $50,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts of approximately 50 kts which downed several trees and knocked down power lines in Cuero and blocked some rural roads. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over power lines from near Yoakum in western Lavaca County to Cuero. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Cuero | $15,000 | Brief flash flooding of low water crossings and some city streets in Cuero was reported as a result of rainfall totals of up to 4 inches. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | $10,000 | Power lines were blown down by severe winds. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Cuero | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | $5,000 | A roof was blown off a camp house. |
| February 2026 | Hail | Cuero | - | A thunderstorm produced penny to quarter size hail in Cuero. There were pictures of the hail on social media. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Cuero | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Cuero. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Cuero | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail near the intersection of E. Clayton St. and N. Clinton St. in Cuero. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Cuero | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail at the intersection of Tulley Rd. and Bubba Palmer Rd. in Cuero. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. FM 1447 and FM 766 were closed due to flooding north of Cuero.. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing roads in and around Cuero. CoCoRAHS observers reported 2.5 to 3.5 inches of rain in the area. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Sections of highway 183 south of the highway 77 and 183 split reportedly had water over the roadway. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew down trees in Cuero. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing numerous secondary roads around Cuero. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM 766 northwest of Cuero. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Highway 87 south of Cuero and some streets in town were closed due to water covering the roads. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | The sheriff office reported several streets closed in Cuero due to flooding. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Law enforcement reported portions of FM 1447 were underwater due to flooding. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Rainfall of between 1 and 2 inches, with spotty amounts of up to 4 inches near Cuero caused flash flooding in the city that closed streets during the late afternoon. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Cuero | - | The Guadalupe River at Cuero crested at30.59 ft at 1215 CST on March 16, where flood stage is 24 ft. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell across much of DeWitt County, with the highest totals near 5 inches in near Cuero. FM1447 and FM236 were closed due to high water. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Cuero | - | Guadalupe River at Cuero crested at 31.74 ft at 0345 CST on May 1, where flood stage is 24 ft. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Cuero | - | The Guadalupe River near Cuero crested at 28.4 ft on July 25 at 9:30 AM CST, where flood stage is 24 ft. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | Thunderstorms stretching from northern Fayette County southward through Lavaca and DeWitt Counties produced widespread 1 to 2 inch rain totals as the moved eastward. Highest totals in DeWitt County were near 4 inches just south of Hochheim. Flash flooding closed SH111 through the early morning. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees near Cuero. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | From 1 to 2 inches of rain fell across the area from Cuero to Yoakum, with as much as 7 inches southeast of Hocheim. SH183 was closed near Hocheim, with SH119 closed near New Davy and FM1446 closed at Cuero. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | - | Severe thunderstorms winds blew down power lines in the Cuero area. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | General 1to 2 inch rain amounts fell over DeWitt County just before midnight, with up to 4 inches between Yorktown and Cuero and also to the northeast of Cuero. Several roads were closed by flash flooding between the two cities. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Cuero | - | Skywarn-trained Amateur Radio Operators reported that a tornado touched down north of Cuero, destroying two mobile homes. The tornado was estimated at 100 yards wide and moved toward the east along a path nearly one-half mile long before lifting and dissipating. No other damage was indicated. The tornado was rated F1 on the Fujita Scale. It was the strongest and most destructive of the several tornadoes reported on November 23. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | - | ,Trees blown down. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | - | The County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado near United States Highway 183 and CR237. Several large limbs were blown down in the City of Cuero and a few trees were uprooted. The public reported a tornado near Meyersville. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Cuero | - | Baseball-size hail was reported in Meyersville, the hail fell for a 30 minute period. Golf ball-size hail was reported six miles south of Cuero between Meyersville and Radcliff. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Cuero | - | The County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado near United States Highway 183 and CR237. Several large limbs were blown down in the City of Cuero and a few trees were uprooted. The public reported a tornado near Meyersville. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuero | - | The County Sheriff's Office reported nickel-size hail between Hochheim and Yoakum. The Cuero Police Department reported several trees down on the east and southeast side of Town. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Cuero | - | The county sheriff's office reported pea- to nickel-size hail in downtown Cuero. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Hail | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Hail | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Cuero | - | no account filed |
| December 1995 | Hail | Cuero | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Billow-Thompson House | under 500 feet | 1988 |
 | John W. Burns House | under 500 feet | 1988 |
 | O. F. and Mary Prigden House | under 500 feet | 1988 |
 | Floyd Buchel House | under 500 feet | 1988 |
| Lynch-Probst House | under 500 feet | 1988 | |
 | Frank Marie House | under 500 feet | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001948 in Record Group 79. |
| DeWitt County | All 59 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.