Balcones Heights, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Antonio Central census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78201. The Survey maps it on the San Antonio West quadrangle. 2,746 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBalcones Heights fell from 2,941 to 2,746 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 | 2,941 | |
| 2020 | 2,746 | -195 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS San Antonio West quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS San Antonio West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS San Antonio West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Balcones Heights between 2006 and 2014, burning about 14 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 16/ S. ZARZAMORA |
| 20 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1604 COMMAND |
| 5 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRISSOM ROAD |
| 4 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BANDERA PASS |
| 16 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 February 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Balcones Heights: 8 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliated Aggregates Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Cementville Quarry | Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Ross Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| San Antonio Portland Cement Co | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| San Antonio Portland Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lime Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Alamo | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Capitol Cement Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eastside Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| San Antonio Prtlnd Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Hills | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Robards | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Olmos Park | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Leon Valley | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Oakland Estates | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Alamo Heights | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| San Antonio | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Terrell Hills | 5.4 miles | 12 |
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 Balcones Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975167 | 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 1329967. 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.





