Flour Bluff, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Corpus Christi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78418. The Survey maps it on the Oso Creek NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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 Oso Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Oso Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Oso Creek NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Oso Creek NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
95 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Flour Bluff between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,791 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8699 YORKTOWN |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-185 |
| 12 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-142 |
| 1 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 9 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-174 |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-172 |
| 30 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-173 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flour Bluff in 10 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 5 heavy rain, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Flour Bluff | $10,000 | Streets near HEB in Flour Bluff along with nearby streets were flooded with several cars stranded. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flour Bluff | $5,000 | Large tree was uprooted near Waldron Road and Don Patricio Road in Flour Bluff. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flour Bluff | $5,000 | Parking lot light pole was blown over in Flour Bluff. |
| May 2025 | Heavy Rain | Flour Bluff | - | PWS has measured 3.1 inches of rain in 90 minutes. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flour Bluff | - | KNGP measured 60 mph gusts. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Flour Bluff | - | Off duty NWS employee shows photos significant street flooding. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Flour Bluff | - | A total of 3.96 inches of rain over a 3 hour period. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Flour Bluff | - | Total rainfall accumulation of 3.10 inches. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Flour Bluff | - | Total rainfall accumulation of 3.59 inches. |
| September 2025 | Heavy Rain | Flour Bluff | - | Weather station on Padre Island measured 2.65 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peary Place | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Gardendale | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Corpus Christi | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Chapman Ranch | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| North Beach | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mustang Beach | 13.4 miles | 15 | |
| Flour Bluff Junction | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Nueces | 13.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1335977. 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.









