Falls City, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Falls City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78113. It stands on Marcelinas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Falls City quadrangle. 514 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 308 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
3 figuresFalls City fell from 591 to 514 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 | 591 | |
| 2010 | 611 | +20 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 514 | -97 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1925 USGS Tordia No. 1 quadrangle1:48000
- 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 Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Falls City between 2006 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TXDOT US181/CR219 |
| 22 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DANIEL OLINICK |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIO GRANDE RESOURCES |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PLAINS EXPLORATION - CR219 |
| 26 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KEVIN & LISA LABUS |
| 25 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STALLION PRODUCTION SERVICES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Falls City: 9 past producers, 7 producers, 2 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panna Maria West Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Brysch Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Brysch Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| E. Labus Mine | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Fort Worth National Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Ft Worth Natl Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Hobson In Situ Uranium Proj | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Jaskinia Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Kopecki Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Labus-Hoffman Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Falls City in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 flood, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | Hail | Falls City | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch diameter hail in Falls City. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falls City | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew over a grain bin and some yard fixtures near Falls City. |
| February 2018 | Hail | Falls City | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Falls City. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Falls City | - | Cibolo Creek at Falls City crested at 26.6 ft on 07/22 at 0245cst where flood stage is 17 ft. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Falls City | - | Cibolo Creek near Falls City crested at 26.26 ft at 1800 CST on March 13, where flood stage is 17 ft. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Falls City | - | A cluster of thunderstorms over Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, DeWitt, and Lavaca Counties produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall with up to 5 inches near Coy City. FM99 and FM791 were closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Falls City | - | The San Antonio River at Falls City crested at 17.0 ft on July 27 at 4:45 PM CST, where flood stage is 12 ft. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Falls City | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Falls 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobson | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Conquista Crossing | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mays Crossing | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cestohowa | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pawelekville | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Panna Maria | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mayo | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Deweesville | 7.9 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 Falls City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975289 | 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 1357209. 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.








