Alfred, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Orange Grove-Sandia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78332. It stands on Ruces Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orange Grove quadrangle. 82 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 164 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAlfred fell from 91 to 82 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 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 82 | -9 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveysMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Orange Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orange Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
83 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Alfred between 2007 and 2020, burning about 482 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 308 |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 362 CR 323 |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2044 @ US 281 |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2044 @ US 281 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 311 |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2163 CR 308 |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 359 SOUTH OF CR 308 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alfred: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosser Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alfred in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Alfred | $1,500,000 | Street flooding occurred in Orange Grove. A high water rescue was performed for a woman in a trailer near a rapidly rising creek along Farm to Market Road 534 west of Sandia. Water was over the roadway in two places on Farm to Market Road 624 northwest of Westdale. |
| September 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Alfred | $20,000 | A NWS survey concluded an EF-1 tornado touched down 3 miles southeast of Alfred along County Road 44 near the Jim Wells and Nueces County line. The tornado was approximately 100 yards wide and on the ground for nearly 2 miles. The maximum winds were estimated to be at 90 MPH. A house was damaged and lost part of its roof. An outdoor storage shed was destroyed and many mesquite trees lost large limbs or were snapped at their base. |
| August 2023 | Flood | Alfred | $10,000 | A vehicle drove into a flooded low water crossing 5 miles north northeast of Lake Alice. The local fire department had to perform a high water rescue. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alfred | $10,000 | Large trees were blown down by estimated 65 mph winds southwest of Orange Grove. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alfred | $2,000 | Observer reported numerous tree limbs down on his ranch west of Orange Grove. Winds caused power outages also. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alfred | - | Observer reported 4 inch diameter tree limbs were broken southwest of Orange Grove. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Alfred | - | Many roads from around Alfred to near Orange Grove were closed due to flooding. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Alfred | - | Significant street and road flooding occurred around Orange Grove. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Alfred | - | County Roads 220 and 221 were closed due to high water. |
| March 2015 | Flash Flood | Alfred | - | Farm roads became impassable as creek overflowed. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Alfred | - | Quarter sized hail occurred in Alfred. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Alfred | - | Reported southwest of Westdale. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Acres Colonia | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| North Alfred Colonia | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| South La Paloma Estates Colonia | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Palo Hueco Estates Colonia | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hollow Tree Estates Colonia | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Alfred Hilltop Estates Colonia | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| West Alfred Estates Colonia | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Heritage Acres Number 2 Colonia | 2.6 miles | 8 |
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 Alfred | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q978290 | 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 1329355. 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.







