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Beckmann, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78257. It lies near Bush Hill. The Survey maps it on the Castle Hills quadrangle.

Beckmann within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Beckmann between 2005 and 2016, burning about 102 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAMP BULLIS
9 May 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 April 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILL COUNTRY - 3
17 April 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 March 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 March 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 March 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Beckmann: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beckman QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, CalciumProducer
Huebner Road QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schoenfeld PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
West Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beckman QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Bexar County QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Huebner QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Bexar County

Storms near this place

29 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beckmann in 29 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 19 hail, 8 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodBeckmann1 killedA contract worker at Camp Bullis drowned when their vehicle was swept off the road at a low water crossing.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBeckmann$500A thunderstorm storm produced wind gusts estimated at 45 mph snapped off three inch diameter tree limbs near De Zavala Rd and Vance Jackson Rd in San Antonio.
March 2025HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near I-10 and UTSA Blvd. in northwestern San Antonio.
May 2025HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail on La Cantera Pkwy. in northwestern San Antonio.
May 2025HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail on Utex Blvd. in northwestern San Antonio.
April 2023HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail south of the Dominion.
April 2023HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of quarters near the Rim shopping center.
May 2023Flash FloodBeckmann-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Bexar Floods reported numerous roads closed in northwestern San Antonio.
June 2023HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail south of the Dominion.
April 2022HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at the intersection of De Zavala Rd. and I-10 in northwestern San Antonio.
April 2022HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail on Babcock Rd. approximately 0.75 miles north of Loop 1604 in northwestern San Antonio.
April 2022HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in the Shavano Highlands subdivision in Shavano Park.
September 2022FloodBeckmann-Thunderstorms produced moderate rain that closed several low water crossings in Shavano Park.
May 2020HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced two inch hail near Loop 1604 and NW Military Dr. in northern San Antonio.
April 2019HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail at the Six Flags Fiesta Texas amusement park in northwestern San Antonio.
April 2019HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail on Wishata Way in the Legend Hills subdivision in northwestern San Antonio.
October 2019Flash FloodBeckmann-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The San Antonio Fire Department made a water rescue at N. Loop 1604 and John Peace Blvd. in northern San Antonio. Rainfall reports in the area were between two and four inches.
October 2019Flash FloodBeckmann-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The San Antonio Fire Department made a water rescue on La Cantera Terrace in northern San Antonio. Rainfall reports in the area were between two and four inches.
April 2016HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced two and a half inch hail near I-10 and De Zavala Rd. in northwestern San Antonio.
April 2016HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced hail up to two inches at Vance Jackson Rd. and De Zavala Rd. in northwestern San Antonio. Most the hail was nickel to ping pong ball size.
April 2016HailBeckmann-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail near De Zavala Rd. and Vance Jackson Rd. in northwestern San Antonio.
April 2015Flash FloodBeckmann-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There were high water rescues in San Antonio at the following locations:|12000 block of Old O'Connor Rd.|Intersection of Mockingbird Ln. and N. Songbird Ln.|I-10W ramp at N. Brazos St.|Hwy281S at E Basse Rd.|Intersection of Stahl Rd. and Bell Dr.
October 2015Flash FloodBeckmann-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Old Fredericksburg Rd. at Loop 1604 in northwestern San Antonio.
May 2013Flash FloodBeckmann-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing a few highways in and around San Antonio including Sleepy Hollow and Sunburst Ln.
September 2009Flash FloodBeckmann-Heavy rain caused flash flooding that closed Babcock Road from Camp Bullis Road to Chase Hill Boulevard in San Antonio.
May 2020HailBeckmann-no account filed
May 2020HailBeckmann-no account filed
April 2016HailBeckmann-no account filed
April 2016HailBeckmann-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bexar County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Shavano Park3.1 miles12
Dominion3.4 miles11
Cross Mountain3.9 miles12
Leon Springs4.1 miles12
Grey Forest4.2 miles13
Oakland Estates4.9 miles12
Helotes5.1 miles13
Robards6.0 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122554229The 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 1377982. 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.