NAS Chase Field-Building 1042

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Bee County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. NAS Chase Field--Building 1042 - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Ofstie Rd. 0.6 mi. SSE of the jct. of TX 202 and Independence St., Beeville, 78102
When was it listed? February 1994
Category. building
Also known as. NAS Chase Field MPS
Census division. Beeville
National Register reference number. 94000054 - 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

59 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of NAS Chase Field-Building 1042 between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,254 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
Debris and open burning	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Smoking	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
8 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
4 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	125 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	COBBWEB RD.
30 September 2008	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
3 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
22 August 2014	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CARROL FIRE
13 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
9 July 2009	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
19 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	HYW 181 WEIGHT STATION

Every fire recorded in Bee County

Storms near this property

60 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beeville, the town this property stands in, in 76 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 24 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 22 flash flood, 6 tornado. 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 1994	Tornado (F1)	Beeville	5 hurt, $500,000	A tornado touched down just southwest of the Beeville airport, destroying a large hangar. The tornado also destroyed five mobile homes near the airport, then lifted and dissipated. Power was reported out in the area as well.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$200,000	Roof and awning damage occurred to several buildings near West 2nd Street and Jackson Street. Trees were blown down and roof damage occurred around the city of Beeville.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$100,000	Trees were uprooted and carports were damaged across the northwest part of Beeville. Beall's Department store sustained roof damage.
February 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$100,000	Trees and power lines were blown down over the eastern portions of the city of Beeville. An awning at a business was blown down. Several fences were blown down.
February 2016	Hail	Beeville	$100,000	Spotter reported golf ball sized hail occurred at the hospital in Beeville, near Highway 181 and 59. Wind driven hail broke windows at the hospital and a few businesses.
May 2012	Hail	Beeville	$100,000	Golf ball sized hail occurred at the Central Fire Station in Beeville.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$50,000	Power poles were blown down in Beeville with portions of the city without electricity.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Beeville	$50,000	Many streets in Beeville were flooded. A water rescue was performed to pull a woman from a car in flood waters at Stamper Street and Alta Vista Boulevard.
May 2012	Flash Flood	Beeville	$50,000	Heavy rainfall of 2 to 3 inches in an hour caused flooding of low lying areas. High water rescue was conducted by Beeville Fire Department along Poesta Creek.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Beeville	$50,000	Between 3 and 6 inches of heavy rain fell across portions of central and southern Bee county, resulting in widespread flash flooding of small creeks and low lying roads. Many secondary roads and highways as well as Farm to Market Roads throguhout the county were flooded. Water made it into some homes along West Bowie Street in Beeville. Hardest hit areas in Beeville were streets along the flooded Poesta Creek. Roughly 20 people were rescued from stranded vehicles and from homes in Beeville.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$50,000	The County Sheriff's Office reported some mobile homes blown off their foundations and tree damage in the Blueberry Hill area.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$50,000	The Sheriff's Office reported power lines down near Beeville and several large trees down near Normanna.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$25,000	Tree was blown down on to the roof of a garage.
March 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$25,000	Trees and power poles were blown down near Paw Place in Beeville.
June 2018	Flash Flood	Beeville	$25,000	Heavy rain to the northwest of Beeville in the watershed of Poesta Creek led to flooding in Beeville. Low lying areas along Poesta Creek were flooded with road closure barricades set up. Farm to Market Roads 673 and 351 were flooded. A few water rescues were conducted for people driving around barricades.
May 2015	Hail	Beeville	$25,000	Quarter sized hail occurred in Beeville.
March 2012	Hail	Beeville	$25,000	Pea to quarter sized hail occurred in the city of Beeville.
May 2006	Flash Flood	Beeville	$25,000	Several city streets flooded in Beeville. Nine water rescues performed on people stranded in vehicles at the corner of Minneapolis and Stamper Streets. One rescue performed on women who was stranded in home flooded by rising water. Several businesses along North Washington Street had rising water enter their buildings.
March 2009	Lightning	Beeville	$20,000	Lightning struck an oil tank, which resulted in a fire.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Beeville	$10,000	Water covered the roadway on Farm to Market Road 888 just south of Highway 351 on the south side of Beeville.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Beeville	$10,000	Water was over the road on Highway 59 southwest of Beeville.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$10,000	Winds blew down 10 trees in the city of Beeville.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$10,000	Power lines and trees were blown down around East Claire Street and North Jefferson Street. Many areas in Beeville were without power.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$10,000	Multiple power poles were blown down near Avenue E in Beeville.
March 2012	Hail	Beeville	$10,000	Spotter reported quarter sized hail in the northeast side of the city of Beeville.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$10,000	Minor roof damage to some homes and two uprooted trees were reported in Beeville.
April 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$5,000	Power lines were blown down on East Clair Street in Beeville.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$5,000	Public reported shingles blown off of a home in Beeville through MPing.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$5,000	Winds blew down power lines into trees in the central sections of Beeville.
March 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	$5,000	Straight line winds from a severe thunderstorm resulted in damage across the west side of Beeville. A 4 by 8 section of a one story apartment on West Fannin St. was blown off by the winds. There was damage to large tree limbs in the area and a large hackberry tree was blown down, damaging three vehicles.
May 1994	Hail	Beeville	$5,000	A funnel was reported along Highway 181 by Sheriffs Office. Funnel was spotted shortly afterward along Highway 797.
May 2021	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Flooded roads from heavy rain were reported in and around Beeville, resulting in one stalled vehicle.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Frontage road on Highway 181 on the southeast side of Beeville was closed due to being covered by high water. Video also showed creek overflowing a bridge southeast of Beeville.
April 2019	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Spotter reported flood waters to a depth of one foot on St. Mary's Street in Beeville.
April 2015	Hail	Beeville	-	Golf ball sized hail occurred on the southwest side of Beeville.
April 2015	Hail	Beeville	-	Penny sized hail occurred near North Avenue E in Beeville.
May 2015	Hail	Beeville	-	Quarter sized hail occurred to the southwest of Beeville.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Observer measured 4.4 inches of rainfall in Beeville. Several city streets were flooded. Water covered both lanes of Highway 59 east of Beeville.
May 2012	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Heavy rain caused street flooding with roads closed at low spots in the city of Beeville\|due to high water.
September 2010	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Street flooding in Beeville with some roads closed including Adams Street and Tyler Street. Average reports of 4 to 6 inches of water in some places.
March 2007	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Nearly 2 inches of rain feel across Beeville resulting in flash flooding of Poesta Creek. Later during the early morning of the 14th a motorist had to be rescued after driving around barricades and becoming stranded in the South Tyler St. low water crossing at Poesta Creek.\|
July 2007	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Three to four inches of heavy rain resulted in flash flooding of a few streets and low water crossings in Beeville. Ellis Road and Ridgeway Lane were barricaded due to high water.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	TXDOT reported several roads flooded in western Bee county, including portions of F.M. 796, 1349 and 797 south of Beeville and F.M. 799 west of Beeville.\|
September 2006	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Doppler radar estimated a wide swath of 4 to 6 inches of rain fell across central Bee county. 5.95 inches was recorded by a COOP observer 5 NE of Beeville. Tyler, Milan, Crockett and Cato streets were all barricaded and impassable due to water over the road.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	-	Two large trees blown down near FM 673. Damage to a wrap around porch and patio occurred. Radar data suggests wet microburst may have occurred.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	County officials reported flooding all across Bee County associated with Hurricane Claudette.
December 2002	Tornado (F0)	Beeville	-	Tornado reported by several witnesses over open field near FM 796 and Hwy 59.
May 2002	Hail	Beeville	-	Also reported 45 mph wind gust.
September 2002	Tornado (F0)	Beeville	-	Multiple funnels reported nw of Beeville
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	-	Shingles blown off roof at a church...damage to cars at a local Walmart in north Beeville.
May 2001	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Flooding reported on highway 59 between Beeville and Berclair.
November 2001	Tornado (F0)	Beeville	-	10 West of Beeville - On ground along FM799 and Live Oak County line.
November 2001	Tornado (F1)	Beeville	-	TORNADO ON THE GROUND ALONG FM 799 AND LIVE OAK COUNTY LINE. 10 MILES W OF BEEVILLE.
November 2001	Tornado (F0)	Beeville	-	10 miles west of Beeville
February 2000	Funnel Cloud	Beeville	-	County Sheriff reported a funnel cloud three miles north of Beeville.
April 1999	Flash Flood	Beeville	-	Sheriff report of water covering portions of U.S. highway 181, as well as surrounding county roadways.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	-	Sheriff report of numerous trees and power lines downed by strong thunderstorm wind.
June 1997	Hail	Beeville	-	Sheriff report of quarter sized hail.
June 1997	Hail	Beeville	-	Sheriff report of hail.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Beeville	-	Sheriff report of strong thunderstorm wind with numerous trees downed.

Every storm recorded in Bee County

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 miles

Other 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
NAS Chase Field-Building 1009	under 500 feet	1994
NAS Chase Field-Building 1001	0.2 miles	1994
NAS Chase Field-Building 1015	0.2 miles	1994
NAS Chase Field-Building 1040	0.2 miles	1994
NAS Chase Field-Quarters R	0.2 miles	1994
NAS Chase Field-Quarters S	0.3 miles	1994

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000054 in Record Group 79.
Bee County	All 13 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.
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.