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Garciasville, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the La Grulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78547. It stands on Garcias Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Grulla quadrangle. 43 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 141 feet above sea level.

Garciasville within Starr County

Population over time

2 figures

Garciasville fell from 46 to 43 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.

YearPeople Change
201046
202043-3 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

499 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 499 fires within 5 miles of Garciasville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,251 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning319
Missing data/not specified/undetermined153
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service86 OLD CASITA RD
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexHAY
7 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBENITO ST.
7 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD CASITA RD.
6 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6154 FM 1430 RD
5 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAURORA ST.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Starr County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Garciasville: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alto Bonito PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Nordmeyer Incorporated OperationsClayProducer
Alto Bonito Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lopez Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Starr County

Storms near this place

11 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garciasville in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGarciasville$50,000Power and light poles were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindGarciasville$25,000Post Office reported several large limbs blocking roads.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGarciasville$15,000A social media post showed damage to several metal sheds and a metal carport roof on the north side of US Hwy 83, behind Norma's, in Garciasville. Timing estimated from radar and social media posts.
May 2007HailGarciasville$10,000no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGarciasville$7,500Starr County Sheriffs Office reported shingles blown off of a roof and damage to the walls of a structure in Alto Bonito.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGarciasville-Member of the public shared a picture of a large tree limb, the base of which was approximated 6 to 8 inches in diameter, from a Mesquite tree blown across FM2360 near La Victoria in Starr County. Time is estimated based on radar.
July 2005Flash FloodGarciasville-Flash flooding of town streets was reported due to heavy rains from Hurricane Emily.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGarciasville-Broadcast media in Rio Grande City reported downed medium size trees due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2002HailGarciasville-2.00 inch hail reported by trained storm spotter
May 2007HailGarciasville-no account filed
May 2005Flash FloodGarciasville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Starr County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Victoria Vera Colonia0.1 miles11
Manuel Garcia Number 2 Colonia0.4 miles11
Loma Linda East Colonia0.7 miles11
Manuel Garcia Colonia1.1 miles11
La Casita1.2 miles11
Montalvo Hills Colonia1.3 miles11
Olivia Lopez de Gutierrez Colonia1.4 miles11
West Alto Bonito Colonia1.7 miles11

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 GarciasvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22079594The 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 1336382. 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.