Abram, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Sullivan City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78572. The Survey maps it on the La Joya quadrangle. 1,108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 121 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAbram fell from 2,067 to 1,108 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,067 | |
| 2020 | 1,108 | -959 (-46%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS La Joya quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS La Joya quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
395 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 395 fires within 5 miles of Abram between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,459 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 81 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 | 147 |
| Debris and open burning | 145 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LUNCH |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | DOVE |
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | TORTUGA |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | ABRAM LEVEE |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | 1427 |
| 28 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | DOFFING |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | PALMVIEW |
| 11 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 1 1/2 MILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Abram: 15 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Beck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche | |
| Shower Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shower Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche | |
| Garcia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abram in 2 storm reports in 2018: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Abram | $21,000,000 | State and local emergency management officials, as well as ground truth rainfall totals, reported widespread flooding in south-central Hidalgo County, focused on the Mission/Alton/West McAllen area as a firehose of thunderstorms persisted for more than five hours through the morning commute until around noon before finally dissipating. Estimated and measured rainfall for the event ranged from 6 to 11 inches, with periods of 2 to 3 inches per hour embedded during the heart of the morning commute. Numerous roads, thousands of homes and vehicles (specific number unknown) were under a range of water depth, ranging from 18 inches to 3 to 4 feet in either poorly draining neighborhoods from the west half of McAllen through Mission.||A peak total rainfall of 18.31 inches fell in Mission for the combined events of June 20-22. Estimated damage, using a combination of county-reported damage and standard doubling, was an estimated $22 million for this particular event. Actual values may be much higher as data continues to come in throughout 2019. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Abram | $1,000,000 | An additional 1 to 2.5 inches of rain fell over already flooded neighborhoods in the McAllen/Mission area early on June 22, exacerbating already dangerous conditions from prior flooding on June 20th and 21st. Neighborhoods in the south and west side of McAllen that had a foot or more of water depth temporarily saw levels rise higher during the peak of the heavy rainfall, which fell for an hour or two during the pre-dawn hours. Additional damage was unknown from the prior estimates. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josefina L Chapa Colonia | 0.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mata Colonia Number 2 | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Los Trevinos Colonia Number 5 | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Chihuahua Colonia | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Los Trevinos Colonia | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Los Trevinos Colonia Number 3 | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Chihuahua | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Los Trevinos Colonia Number 2 | 1.8 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Abram | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12626505 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329182. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.







