Coy City, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Karnes City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78118. The Survey maps it on the Coy City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1931 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Tordia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Coy City quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Coy City between 2006 and 2020, burning about 776 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TXDOT FM81 |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES COUNTY CR197 |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PUMPCO |
| 27 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON OIL FM1144 |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RODNEY URBANCZYK |
| 10 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON OIL CR370 |
| 1 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON OIL COMPANY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Coy City: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sulfur, Molybdenum, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fashing Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Hoffman Prospect | Uranium, Molybdenum, Tungsten | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Butler Pit | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Duziuk Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Duziuk-Lyssy Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Garcia Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Garcia-Turner Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Mccrady Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Mcgrady-Wright Pit | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Rosenbrock Pit | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coy City in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coy City | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 90 mph that uprooted trees along FM 99 southwest of Karnes City. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Coy City | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail southwest of Coy City. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Coy City | - | Scattered thunderstorms over Bexar, Atascosa, Karnes and Frio Counties produced a general 2 to 3 inch rain, with flash flooding that closed FM99 and FM791. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Coy City | - | General 2 to 3 inch rain totals were reported over Karnes, Atascosa, Frio, and Zavala Counties. Highest amounts in Karnes County were 5 inches near Gillett. FM99, SH123, and SH119 were closed due to high water. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Coy City | - | Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell across northwestern Karnes County, with as much as 4 inches in the Falls City area. SH123 and FM81 were closed due to flash flooding. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Coy City | - | Thunderstorms over Karnes County produced general 1 to 2 inch totals with amounts of up to 4 inches southwest of Coy City near the Atascosa County line. Flash flooding closed FM99 and FM791 through the early afternoon. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Coy City | - | Afternoon thunderstorms produced general 2 to 3 inch rains over Karnes and Wilson Counties, with up to 4 inches in the area from DeWees in Wilson County to Coy City and Karnes City in Karnes County. FM99 was closed due to flash flooding between Coy City and Karnes City. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Coy City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenz | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| El Oso | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Deweesville | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bainville | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Conquista Crossing | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Mayo | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Zunkerville | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Karnes City | 8.5 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122552412 | 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 1381712. 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.







