Bergs Mill, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Central census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78223. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southton quadrangle.
On record in Bergs Mill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hangar 9National Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 0.8 miles away
Espada AqueductNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.8 miles away
Mission San Juan Capistranolisted 1972 · 0.2 miles away
San Antonio Missions National Historical Parklisted 1978 · 0.3 miles away
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 Southton quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Southton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Southton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Bergs Mill between 1994 and 2018, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | San Antonio Missions National Historic Park | ESPADA DAM FIRE |
| 9 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | San Antonio Missions National Historic Park | SAN JUAN |
| 26 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Antonio Missions National Historic Park | ESPADA ACEQUIA |
| 15 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Antonio Missions National Historic Park | SAN JUAN |
| 22 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 12 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 281 GRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bergs Mill: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Vermiculite, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Products Division | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bergs Mill in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Flood | Bergs Mill | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flooding in southeastern San Antonio. A few low water crossings were closed in the vicinity of the intersection of I-37 and I-410. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Bergs Mill | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Bexar Floods reported flooding on Old Corpus Christi Rd. near Salado Creek in southern San Antonio. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Bergs Mill | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing several roads in southern San Antonio. Road closures were reported on the bexarflood.org website. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bergs Mill | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew down several two inch diameter tree limbs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southton | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Terrell Wells | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hilltop | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| San Jose | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Columbia Heights | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Boldtville | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Palo Alto Park | 5.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351909. 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.





