Castle Hills, 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 78213. The Survey maps it on the Castle Hills quadrangle. 3,978 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
On record in Castle Hills
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 1 record
Wedgwood, Thelisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresCastle Hills fell from 4,116 to 3,978 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 | 4,116 | |
| 2020 | 3,978 | -138 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Castle Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Castle Hills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Castle Hills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Castle Hills between 2006 and 2011, burning about 250 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WETMORE FIRE |
| 1 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1604 COMMAND |
| 7 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Castle Hills: 9 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cementville Quarry | Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Huebner Road Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| 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 | ||
| Huebner Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| 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 |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Hills in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Hail | Castle Hills | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at the intersection of Blanco Rd. and Fresno St. in San Antonio. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Castle Hills | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Bexar County Emergency Management reported multiple high water rescues. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Castle Hills | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in the Los Angeles Heights section of San Antonio. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Castle Hills | - | Heavy rain from Tropical storm Bill caused flash flooding closing Fresno at the I-10 Frontage Rd. along Martinez Creek in northwest San Antonio. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Castle Hills | - | Several roads were closed across the south and north sides of San Antonio including the lower level of Interstate 35. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Castle Hills | - | Scattered showers and thunderstorms over Kendall, Comal and Bexar Counties produced general 2-3 inch rains, with up to 5 inches near Hill Country Village. West Avenue and Blanco Road were closed to due flash flooding. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Castle Hills | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Castle Hills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robards | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| North Loop | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Balcones Heights | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Olmos Park | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Alamo Heights | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hill Country Village | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Oakland Estates | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Shavano Park | 4.7 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 Castle Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q665285 | 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 1332298. 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.






