Barksdale, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rocksprings South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78828. The Survey maps it on the Camp Wood quadrangle. 91 people lived here at the 2020 count.
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Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Nueces quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Nueces quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Barksdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Camp Wood quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Barksdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Camp Wood quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Barksdale between 2005 and 2017, burning about 390 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURLESON |
| 4 August 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCDONALD ROAD |
| 30 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMP FAUCET |
| 3 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHITLOCK |
| 3 June 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barksdale in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 10 hail, 10 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barksdale | $100,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds damaged homes and barns and knocked over trees both east and west of Barksdale, in both Edwards and Real Counties. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barksdale | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines between Barksdale in Edwards County and Camp Wood in Real County.Real County |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | $5,000 | Showers and thunderstorms over Gillespie and Kerr Counties continued to spread southwestward into the Edwards Plateau through the early morning hours. Rainfall continued shortly past sunrise, with amounts of 2 to 3 inches over Real and Edwards Counties and northern Uvalde County. Up to 4 inches of rain was reported between Barksdale and Camp Wood along the Edwards-Real line. Flash flooding developed in and around the two towns near 0500CST, with FM337 and SH55 closed. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Barksdale | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Barksdale. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Barksdale | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Barksdale. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Barksdale | - | A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail in Barksdale. |
| October 2023 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | - | Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding sending three feet of water over RM 335 near and downstream of the Ben Williams crossing on the Nueces River. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in Edwards County along the Nueces River. A video on social media showed swiftly flowing water through a low water crossing on Dry Creek Rd. near Barksdale. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in Edwards County. The Edwards County Sheriff's Office reported several low water crossings on Hwy 55 near Barksdale were flooded and impassable. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Barksdale | - | A thunderstorm produced 1.5 to 2.0 inch diameter hail in Barksdale. The hail fell for about five minutes. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. FM 335 was flooded near the Nueces River north of Barksdale. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing RR 335 along the Nueces River north of Barksdale. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Barksdale | - | A thunderstorm produced hail that covered the ground. The largest hail was one inch. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | - | Thunderstorms from Brackettville through the extreme northwestern corner of Uvalde County and into the Barksdale and Camp Wood areas produced between 3 and 5 inches of rain in the early morning hours. SH55 and FM335 were reported to be closed due to high water. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | - | Rainfall over the northwest corner of Edwards County averaged around 1 inch, with isolated totals of up to 4 inches. SH55 was closed due to flash flooding about 20 miles northwest of Rocksprings. |
| April 2004 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | - | Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fells in the Barksdale area, closing SH55 due to flash flooding. Two persons were rescued from a flooded vehicle just south of Barksdale. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Barksdale | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Barksdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Barksdale | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Barksdale | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Barksdale | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barksdale | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Barksdale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackberry | 14.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rocksprings | 22.0 miles | 12 | |
| Carta Valley | 34.3 miles | 7 |
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 Barksdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4861113 | 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 1330049. 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.
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.







