BlockBefore

Brackettville, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brackettville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78832. The Survey maps it on the Brackettville quadrangle. 1,341 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,106 feet above sea level.

Research this city

Brackettville within Kinney County

On record in Brackettville

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Brackettville fell from 1,688 to 1,341 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,688
20201,341-347 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Brackettville between 2006 and 2009, burning about 434 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 March 2008Smoking5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 March 2008Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 February 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 December 2008Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 January 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTEL POLE FIRE 1
2 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kinney County

Storms near this place

60 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brackettville in 98 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 51 hail, 25 flash flood, 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1993HailBrackettville$5,000,000As the thunderstorm moved out of Val Verde County and into Kinney County it continued to produce large hail. The Department of Public Safety reported baseball-size hail in Brackettville. Local insurance adjusters reported close to $1 million in damage. Some 200 mobile homes, 250 vehicles and 200 buildings were damaged between Fort Clark Springs and Brackettville.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$270,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$100,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph that knocked down 10 power poles in Brackettville.
June 2014Flash FloodBrackettville$100,000Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Some people in Brackettville and Fort Clark were evacuated from their homes due to flooding. A CoCoRAHS observer five miles west of Brackettville reported 11.86 inches of rain.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$50,000As the east-west oriented line of thunderstorms associated with the cold front moved southward through Kinney County, it produced a downburst that damaged the roofs of homes in Fort Clark Springs in the south part of Brackettville.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds spread across much of the the town, knocking down trees and blowing down numerous tree limbs.
May 2001HailBrackettville$30,000no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$20,000Severe thunderstorm winds knock down several trees in the Brackettville area.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$20,000The Sheriff's Department in Kinney County reported trees and power li nes blown down by high winds. The wind gusts were estimated at well over 50 knots.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$20,000Department of Public Safety personnel reported wind damage to trees and power lines with gusts estimated at well over 50 knots.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$20,000Severe winds blew down power poles.
April 2011HailBrackettville$10,000A thunderstorm produced hail from dime to hen egg size near Brackettville which caused damage to some cars and roof shingles.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$5,000Numerous cable and power lines were blown down by high winds.
March 1993HailBrackettville$5,000As the thunderstorms moved out of Val Verde County into Kinney County they continued to produce large hail. The sheriff's office reported golfball-size hail 20 miles north of Brackettville. One-inch-hail was later reported just north of Brackettville.
March 1993HailBrackettville$5,000As the thunderstorms moved out of Val Verde County into Kinney County they continued to produce large hail. The sheriff's office reported golfball-size hail 20 miles north of Brackettville. One-inch-hail was later reported just north of Brackettville.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBrackettville$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down a large tree limb in Fort Clark Springs.
March 2026HailBrackettville-Texas Parks and Wildlife reported quarter sized hail at Kickapoo Cavern State Park.
May 2025Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There was 5-6 feet of water over FM 334 near Ox Ranch.
May 2025HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Alamo Village.
May 2025HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail in Alamo Village.
February 2024HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced hail up to half dollar size at Fort Clark Springs in Brackettville. A broadcast media partner relayed a video of the hail storm.
May 2024HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Brackettville.
June 2023HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Brackettville.
May 2022HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Brackettville.
August 2022Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in rural Kinney County. A trained storm spotter reported 2 to 2.5 feet of fast-moving water through a low water crossing on FM 334 at Live Oak Creek.
April 2021HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Brackettville.
April 2021HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar sized hail in Brackettville.
April 2021HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Brackettville.
April 2021HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Brackettville.
April 2021HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail on the west side of Brackettville.
April 2020HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Brackettville.
April 2020HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced softball size hail in Brackettville. This report was from a picture on social media.
April 2019HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced quarter to silver dollar size hail in Brackettville.
April 2019HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Brackettville.
December 2018HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Brackettville.
December 2018HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced two inch hail on a ranch northeast of Brackettville.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some large tree limbs along FM 2804 northwest of Brackettville.
January 2017HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Brackettville mainly south of Hwy 90.
May 2017HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Brackettville.
February 2017HailBrackettville-A video on social media showed a thunderstorm producing golf ball size hail along Hwy 90 in Brackettville.
April 2017Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing RM2804 northwest of Brackettville.
February 2016HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail that damaged car windshields in Brackettville.
February 2016HailBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail that damaged car and house windows and some house roofs in Brackettville.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down some tree limbs in Brackettville.
September 2016Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM674 and FM334 north of Brackettville.
August 2016Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM674 outside of Brackettville.
April 2016Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM674 north of Brackettville.
August 2016Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing roads with debris in Brackettville.
June 2016Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing several low water crossings on FM 334 and FM 674 north of Brackettville.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew some large trees onto roads, downed powerlines, and blew the roof off a building.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that downed power lines causing power outages in Brackettville.
May 2015Flash FloodBrackettville-Several low water crossings closed along FM 334 due to high water.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced a wind gusts measured at 66 mph.
October 2015Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing multiple roads in Kinney County including FM334 and FM674 near Brackettville.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindBrackettville-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust measured at 82 mph.
June 2014Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing several highways in Kinney County.
May 2012Flash FloodBrackettville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that flooded low water crossings closing FM 334 from Backettville to Highway 55.
May 2008HailBrackettville-The post office and residents reported penny size hail near the town of Fort Clark.
April 2008HailBrackettville-Hail was still visible on the ground the next morning.
April 2008HailBrackettville-Hail was covering the ground at least 2 inches deep in some spots.

Every storm recorded in Kinney 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
Fort Clark Springs0.4 miles11
Alamo Village8.2 miles11
Pinto9.3 miles9
Spofford9.3 miles11
Anacacho10.3 miles11
Standart10.8 miles9
Amanda13.4 miles9
Odlaw14.2 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.

Wikipedia article on BrackettvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q973984The 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 1352804. 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.