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Christoval, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Tom Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76935. It lies near McKildrick Draw. The Survey maps it on the Christoval quadrangle. 482 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,037 feet above sea level.

Christoval within Tom Green County

Population over time

2 figures

Christoval fell from 504 to 482 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
2010504
2020482-22 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

58 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Christoval between 2006 and 2019, burning about 4,860 acres in total. 5 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceALLEN LANE
3 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2011Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLYNN COLVIN RANCH
14 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN/A
10 September 2006Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMAIN ST / PLAYLAND PARK RD
6 August 2018Debris and open burning150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCANDICE RD
29 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIOS, ALFRED

Every fire recorded in Tom Green County

Storms near this place

60 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Christoval in 67 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 49 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1996Flash FloodChristoval$200,000no account filed
June 2007HailChristoval$5,000Quarter size hail fell for several minutes. Only minor damage was noted.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindChristoval$5,000no account filed
March 2025HailChristoval-Public reported quarter size hail.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindChristoval-A NWS employee reported a 60 mph wind gust.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindChristoval-A NWS employee reported a 65 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindChristoval-An NWS employee estimated a wind gust to 70 mph.
May 2025HailChristoval-Public reported 3.25 inch diameter size hail.
May 2025HailChristoval-Public report of 3.5 inch diameter hail 4 miles northwest of Christoval.
May 2025HailChristoval-A trained spotter measured 3.75 diameter hail 4 miles east-southeast of Kinckerbocker.
May 2025HailChristoval-Public reported quarter size hail.
May 2025HailChristoval-Public report of baseball size hail 1 mile north of Christoval.
May 2025HailChristoval-The public reported ping pong ball to baseball size hail.
May 2025HailChristoval-A trained spotter reported 3 to 3.5 inch diameter hail.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindChristoval-The public reported multiple snapped power poles.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindChristoval-A NWS employee reported wind gusts between 70 to 80 mph.
June 2025Flash FloodChristoval-Public reported water flowing across Toe Nail Trail in Christoval due to heavy rainfall.
May 2024HailChristoval-A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail. Most of the hail stones were quarter to half dollar size.
May 2024HailChristoval-A NWS employee reported quarter size hail.
June 2023HailChristoval-The public reported golf ball size hail 2 miles southeast of Christoval.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindChristoval-A significant microburst occurred from Christoval Park to the south-southeast along Toe Nail Trail to the Hummer House, about 2 miles south of Christoval. There was extensive tree damage with large tree branches snapped and trees uprooted. Also, some structures were damaged. Wind gusts were estimated from 85 to 110 mph, with the strongest gusts on the south end of the microburst from a NWS Storm Survey.
June 2023HailChristoval-Public reported ping pong ball size hail.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindChristoval-The public reported a wind gust of 70 mph.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindChristoval-The public estimated a wind gust around 60 mph.
May 2017HailChristoval-Quarter size hail was reported by a National Weather Service employee.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindChristoval-The damaging thunderstorm winds broke large tree limbs.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindChristoval-A National Weather Service Employee measured a 70 mph wind gust in Christoval.
April 2016HailChristoval-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail just south of Christoval.
May 2016HailChristoval-The public reported quarter size hail in Christoval.
May 2016HailChristoval-A NWS Employee reported quarter size hail in Christoval.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindChristoval-A National Weather Service employee estimated a thunderstorm wind gust near 60 mph about 3.6 miles southwest of Christoval.
August 2001Flash FloodChristoval-Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches across southern Tom Green County brought flooding to the town of Christoval. Highway 277 was closed briefly due to high water, as was Ranch Roads 2335 and 2084. Several cars were abandoned in the high water along Ranch Road 2335 between Christoval and Knickerbocker.
April 2000HailChristoval-Golf ball size hail was reported across southern Tom Green County.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindChristoval-60 mph wind gust
June 2023HailChristoval-no account filed
June 2019HailChristoval-no account filed
June 2019HailChristoval-no account filed
April 2019HailChristoval-no account filed
May 2018HailChristoval-no account filed
May 2016HailChristoval-no account filed
May 2016HailChristoval-no account filed
May 2015HailChristoval-no account filed
October 2012HailChristoval-no account filed
October 2012HailChristoval-no account filed
April 2011HailChristoval-no account filed
March 2008HailChristoval-no account filed
March 2008HailChristoval-no account filed
May 2008HailChristoval-no account filed
March 2007HailChristoval-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindChristoval-no account filed
March 2007HailChristoval-no account filed
April 2006HailChristoval-no account filed
April 2006HailChristoval-no account filed
May 2006HailChristoval-no account filed
May 2005HailChristoval-no account filed
October 2004HailChristoval-no account filed
May 2002HailChristoval-no account filed
September 2002HailChristoval-no account filed
April 2000HailChristoval-no account filed
March 1999HailChristoval-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tom Green 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
Knickerbocker8.3 miles18
Byrne8.7 miles14
Tankersley13.2 miles17
S N Junction15.8 miles17
Wall16.1 miles13
San Angelo18.9 miles17
Vancourt19.9 miles11
Alvery Junction20.3 miles17

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 ChristovalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q970925The 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 1354482. 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.