Driscoll, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Driscoll census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78380. The Survey maps it on the Driscoll East quadrangle. 680 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresDriscoll fell from 825 to 680 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 825 | |
| 2010 | 739 | -86 (-10%) |
| 2020 | 680 | -59 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1924 USGS Petronilla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Petronila quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Driscoll East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Driscoll between 2006 and 2018, burning about 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM2826 |
| 16 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2946 CR 14A |
| 16 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4906 CO RD 28 |
| 22 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 February 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 February 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 November 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Driscoll in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | $100,000 | NWS storm survey estimated 70 mph winds occurred in the community of Driscoll. Many large trees were blown down. Several moderate to poorly constructed homes suffered roof damage. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | $60,000 | Department of Public Safety reported power poles down along US Highway 77 south of Robstown. Several semi-trailers were blown over on the highway also. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | $45,000 | Three mobile homes were blown off their supports and destroyed in the Fiesta Ranch subdivision on County Road 75B. No injuries occurred, and no one was reported home at the time. Time of occurrence is very rough, based on radar data. |
| January 2011 | Hail | Driscoll | $20,000 | Quarter sized hail occurred in Driscoll. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | $12,000 | Public reported overturned 18 wheeler at US-77 and FM 665. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | $10,000 | A NWS storm survey team determined that straight line winds of around 65 mph caused damage in Driscoll. A roof was removed from a barn and several outbuildings were damaged. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | NWS Storm Survey estimates 115 mph winds with MCS. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | There was a 30 ft tree uprooted causing damage to house roof and siding near La Paloma off of CR 18 and CR 93. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Metal Building System (MBS). Metal roof or wall panels pulled from the building. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Rusted base of this structure failed, causing it to collapse. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Small Barns or Farm Outbuildings (SBO). Uplift or collapse of roof structure. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Small Barns or Farm Outbuildings (SBO). Uplift or collapse of roof structure. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Reported that their hurricane fence was blown over with lots of tree limbs down. Time was estimated on radar. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Large trees uprooted. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Large hardwood tree branches broken (1-3 inch diameter). |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Numerous power poles snapped along this road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Siding ripped off a portion of a mobile home and camper rolled. Loss of shingles or partial uplift of one-piece metal roof covering. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | One- or Two-Family Residences (FR12). Loss of roof covering material (<20%), gutters and/or awning; loss of vinyl or metal siding. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Multiple power lines and transmission lines down throughout the city of Driscoll. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Driscoll | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail occurred in Driscoll. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Driscoll | - | Video sent from the public showed quarter size hail in Driscoll. |
| January 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Trained spotter reported winds estimated to around 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driscoll | - | Trained spotter in Driscoll estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph and pea sized hail. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Driscoll | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Driscoll | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Driscoll | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Driscoll | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lost Creek | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Concordia | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Petronila | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Gardens | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bishop | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rabb | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| San Pedro | 8.7 miles | 13 |
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 Driscoll | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q971154 | 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 1334624. 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.








