Flatonia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Flatonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78941. It lies near Obar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Flatonia quadrangle. 1,308 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
On record in Flatonia
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Flatonia Historic Districtlisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresFlatonia fell from 1,383 to 1,308 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 | 1,383 | |
| 2020 | 1,308 | -75 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What the histories say of this town
1,043 words1 chapter about Flatonia from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Fayette County, Her History and Her People | Fayette County, Her History and Her People (1902) | 1,043 words |
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Flatonia between 1993 and 2013, burning about 304 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 40 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Flatonia: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Clay, Fullers Earth. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Fullers Earth | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Balcones Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Flatonia Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ash Pit | Bentonite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ash Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Mica Pit | Bentonite | Producer | 1981 | |
| Mica Pit and Plant | Bentonite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flatonia in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 10 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flatonia | $20,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Flatonia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 1994 | Hail | Flatonia | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm produce hail of up to one inch in diameter in and around the town of Flatonia. Minor window damage and glass breakage was reported. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flatonia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Flatonia | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Flatonia | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Flatonia. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Flatonia | - | Roads at Highway 95 and 609 were closed due to high water. Also, a number of low water crossings within the city of Flatonia had water flowing over them. |
| November 2007 | Flash Flood | Flatonia | - | Thunderstorms moved slowly across southern Fayette County during the evening of November 17 producing very heavy rainfall. Radar estimates showed in excess of 4 inches of rain from 6 PM until midnight and CoCoRAHS observer La Grange 10.2NW reported 7.96 inches in 24 hours ending at 8 AM on November 18. The heavy rain led to flash flooding which closed Highway 90 from Flatonia to Schulenburg due to water over the road. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Flatonia | - | Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in the mid afternoon between Flatonia and Schulenburg. Maximum totals were reported to be near 4 inches between the two towns. Flash flooding closed several roads, including FM209 and SH95. |
| January 1994 | Hail | Flatonia | - | Hail between 0.50 and 1.00-inch-diameter was reported in the southern portion of Fayette County , near Flatonia. A radio station in LaGrange relayed a report of pea-size to marble-size hail in Schulenberg. TEXAS, Southern Cont'd |
| February 1993 | Hail | Flatonia | - | Several reports of large hail were made in the county. Golf ball-size hail was reported by a rainfall observer west of Fayette. A weather observer reported quarter-size hail in Schulenburg, nickel-size hail was also reported by a radio station in town a few minutes later. The public reported golf ball-size hail in downtown Flatonia. |
| February 1993 | Hail | Flatonia | - | Several reports of large hail were made in the county. Golf ball-size hail was reported by a rainfall observer west of Fayette. A weather observer reported quarter-size hail in Schulenburg, nickel-size hail was also reported by a radio station in town a few minutes later. The public reported golf ball-size hail in downtown Flatonia. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Flatonia | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Flatonia | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Flatonia | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Flatonia | - | 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.
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 Flatonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974825 | 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 1335937. 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.




