Converse, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78109. The Survey maps it on the Schertz quadrangle. 27,466 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresConverse grew from 18,198 to 27,466 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 | 18,198 | |
| 2020 | 27,466 | +9,268 (+51%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Schertz quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Schertz quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Schertz quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
255 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Converse between 2006 and 2016, burning about 1,121 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 179 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SZFD111302 |
| 3 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SZFD131529 |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUSTIC FOREST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Converse: 8 producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Perlite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Converse | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Judson Road Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Longhorn Quarry and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Beck Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gem Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Gem Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schaffer Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shaefer Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Converse in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Converse | $100,000 | The brief tornado did minor damage to homes near the intersection of Judson Rd. and Woodsrim St. in Live Oak. The stucco and wood facade of a medical building on Judson Rd. was completely pulled off. Several power poles were snapped with trees uprooted and limbs twisted off several mature Oak trees. The Northeast Methodist Hospital had damage to the air conditioning units on its roof and had some broken windows and doors. An aluminum storage shed behind one house was blown clearly over two houses before landing in the backyard of a third house. Maximum winds are estimated to be 80 mph. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Converse | $10,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey concludes straight line thunderstorm winds produced tree and fence damage near the Live Oak area early in the morning. The area of damage was bounded by Randolph Blvd to the west...Toepperwein Road to the North...Kittyhawk Road to the east and Crestway Drive to the south. Most of the tree and fence damage was near the intersection of Oconner Road and Randolph. Winds were estimated at 60 mph. One inch hail was also observed near the area. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Converse | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down trees at the intersection of Montgomery Dr. and Glen Terrace in Converse. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Converse | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Converse. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Converse | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Converse. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Converse | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Converse. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Converse | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Converse. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Converse | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew a large tree down onto a house in Converse. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Converse | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. At one point flooding closed 34 low water crossings around the county and 27 streets in the city. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Converse | - | A thunderstorm produced two inch hail that dented cars in northeastern San Antonio. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Converse | - | General 1 to 2 inch rains fell over eastern Bexar County, with up to 5 inches near Converse. FM1976, FM1516, and FM1518 were closed due to high water. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Converse | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Converse | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airport City | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Universal City | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Windcrest | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Live Oak | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fratt | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Selma | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Longhorn | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Kirby | 5.3 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 Converse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982028 | 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 1333257. 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.






