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Castroville, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castroville-LaCoste census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78009. It stands on Kempf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castroville quadrangle. 2,954 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.

Castroville within Medina County

On record in Castroville

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Castroville grew from 2,680 to 2,954 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
20102,680
20202,954+274 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

79 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Castroville between 2006 and 2019, burning about 675 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use18
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROBBINS PROPANE
27 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
18 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4770
7 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4617
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS 90 W_146
6 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 472
26 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4713
25 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use42 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLUNDQUEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Medina County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Castroville: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Cedar Rapids QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schoenfeld QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fidel Guerra Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Medina Gravel Company Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Medina PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Rosita Gravel Guerra PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Medina County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castroville in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 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
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCastroville$850,000Severe thunderstorm winds struck just east of Castroville and moved southwestward through the town. Damage was first indicated approximately 2 miles east of Castroville, along the north side of US90, where 8 to 10 telephone poles had been snapped near the base. The estimated wind gusts at this point were between 80 to 100 miles per hour. The damage path was between one-quarter and one-half mile in width, with no indication of rotation or twisting. The storm continued to move toward the southwest where it damaged several mobile homes in the valley mobile home park along FM471. Much of the damage was minor, and confined to outbuildings. Numerous trees were damaged or uprooted, with limbs up to 8 inches in diameter snapped off. Several vehicle were also damaged. Wind gusts in this area were estimated in the 50 to 60 mile per hour range. As the storm continued southwestward into the Castroville area, it struck a little league baseball field complex north of the Castroville Airport. Here chain link fence was bent over in sections along the outfield fence line. Only the sections with plywood signs attached were damaged. The severe winds continued southwestward to the Airport, where they destroyed most of the The Fixed Base Operator hanger, and damaged or destroyed five aircraft and equipment housed inside hanger. Several adjacent hangers located at the airport received minor or no damage. Estimated damages from the downburst were $250,000 to aircraft, $100,000 to the hangars, and $500,000 to equipment.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCastroville$500,000Thunderstorms moving eastward through Medina County produced widespread wind damage. The Red Cross reported that 32 homes were destroyed, 44 had major damage, and 194 homes had minor damage. Numerous mobile homes suffered roof and wall damage. The city of Castroville was without power from 1639 CST until 0530 CST the next morning. Very heavy rain accompanied the storms, reducing visibility to near zero. Some of the residents reported a dark green color to the clouds just before the storm stuck. Although no large hail was reported, the hail piled into drifts along the side of the road just west of D'Hanis. Very little damage was reported at the Castroville Airport as most aircraft were tied down or put away at the time of the storms.
August 2007Flash FloodCastroville$150,000Extremely heavy rainfall associated with Erin spread into the east and north sections of Medina County. General rain totals in this area were between 3 and 5 inches, with up to 8 inches reported around Castroville and near the Bandera County line south of Tarpley. Most county roads north of US90 were closed due to high water.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindCastroville$100,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that flipped a Recreation Vehicle, uprooted several trees, blew down fences, and twisted irrigation pipes around Castroville.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCastroville$100,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged roofs in Castroville.
March 2004Flash FloodCastroville$3,000The showers and thunderstorms moved into Medina County near 930 CST, with most sections of the county receiving around one-half inch of rain. The heaviest amounts were in the Castroville area where up to 2 inches of rain was reported. Roads around Castroville were closed in the mid morning due to flash flooding.
August 2003Tornado (F1)Castroville$3,000The tornado touched down very near the Fixed Base Operator hanger, where rotation was noted in a path up to 30 yards wide. The damage path was in a northeast to southwest direction which was the same track of the straight line winds. This short lived tornado was estimated to have reached F1 intensity and was likely on the ground for only a few seconds. Several witnesses in adjacent hangers described the sound of a loud train as the tornado hit the airport. Four men narrowly escaped injury by ducking for cover between two couches as it struck.
May 2022HailCastroville-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Castroville.
April 2022HailCastroville-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Castroville.
April 2021HailCastroville-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail northwest of Castroville.
May 2016HailCastroville-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Castroville.
May 2010Flash FloodCastroville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which flooded and closed several low water crossings in Castroville.
July 2007Flash FloodCastroville-Thunderstorms in eastern Medina County produced rain totals of 3 to 4 inches, causing flash flooding that closed FM1343 and SH173 closed.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCastroville-As the severe thunderstorms continued eastward across central Medina County, they produced additional severe winds that struck the town of Castroville and continued just east of Castroville. Damage was reported near the Castroville Airport as trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2004Flash FloodCastroville-Heavy rain over Medina County produced totals near 3 inches between Castroville and Rio Medina. FM1957 was closed due to flash flooding.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindCastroville-Trees down due to high winds. Damage was also reported to outbuildings.
May 2016HailCastroville-no account filed
May 2014HailCastroville-no account filed
June 2003HailCastroville-no account filed
March 2002HailCastroville-no account filed
May 2000HailCastroville-no account filed
February 1998HailCastroville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Medina 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
Bader4.2 miles9
La Coste4.8 miles10
Riomedina5.8 miles9
Pearson5.8 miles10
Dunlay6.0 miles9
Noonan6.1 miles9
Quihi8.4 miles9
Coal Mine9.6 miles10

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 CastrovilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982579The 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 1353948. 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.