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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.

Converse within Bexar County

Population over time

2 figures

Converse 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.

YearPeople Change
201018,198
202027,466+9,268 (+51%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

255 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined179
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111302
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD131529
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUSTIC FOREST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ConverseClayUnknown
Judson Road Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
Longhorn Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Beck Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gem Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Gem Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schaffer Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shaefer Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Bexar County

Storms near this place

13 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Converse$100,000The 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 2008Thunderstorm WindConverse$10,000A 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 2019Thunderstorm WindConverse$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down trees at the intersection of Montgomery Dr. and Glen Terrace in Converse.
March 2023HailConverse-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Converse.
March 2022HailConverse-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Converse.
March 2022HailConverse-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Converse.
April 2018HailConverse-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Converse.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindConverse-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew a large tree down onto a house in Converse.
August 2017Flash FloodConverse-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 2016HailConverse-A thunderstorm produced two inch hail that dented cars in northeastern San Antonio.
July 2007Flash FloodConverse-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 2016HailConverse-no account filed
March 2016HailConverse-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bexar 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
Airport City1.3 miles11
Universal City2.5 miles11
Windcrest3.4 miles14
Live Oak3.4 miles11
Fratt4.3 miles14
Selma4.6 miles11
Longhorn4.7 miles14
Kirby5.3 miles12

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 ConverseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982028The 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.