Concepcion, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Realitos-Concepcion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78349. The Survey maps it on the Concepcion quadrangle. 42 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresConcepcion fell from 62 to 42 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 | 62 | |
| 2020 | 42 | -20 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1921 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Concepcion quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Concepcion between 2005 and 2011, burning about 1,614 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 716 |
| 10 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2994 CR 266 |
| 27 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR266 FIRE |
| 18 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOS OLMITOS RANCH |
| 1 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1726 FM 716 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concepcion in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Flood | Concepcion | $50,000 | Excess runoff from heavy rainfall the day before led to flooding of Macho Creek near Realitos. Also, the Agua Pocquita Creek flooded, forcing the closure of FM 2295, between Benavides and Highway 16. One resident had to be rescued by helicopter from a racnh home on FM 2295. Many residents were evacuated from there homes in and around Realitos. Several rural homes were reported flooded. Damage estimated are very rough. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Concepcion | - | Flooding occurred in Concepcion with some roadways with up to a foot of water over them. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Concepcion | - | Golfball size hail reported between Ramirez and Concepcion on C.R. 268. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Concepcion | - | Local law enforcement officials closed County Route 716 due to flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concepcion | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Concepcion | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concepcion | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Concepcion | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Concepcion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conception | 0.2 miles | 7 | |
| Ramirez | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Cruz Calle | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Santa Cruz | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Vera Cruz | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Rios | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Sejita | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Realitos | 9.8 miles | 7 |
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 Concepcion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977400 | 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 1377086. 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.



