Kingsbury, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northeast Guadalupe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78155. The Survey maps it on the Kingsbury quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Kingsbury quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Kingsbury between 1999 and 2019, burning about 1,253 acres in total. None 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 90 E FIRE |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LULING RD FIRE |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10 & 2438 FIRE |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUSTY CREEK FIRE |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3587 |
| 20 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 147 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONES ROAD FIRE |
| 2 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAHNS RD FIRE |
| 18 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2438 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingsbury in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsbury | $20,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew the roof off of a small barn in Kingsbury. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsbury | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that knocked down a telephone pole near the Tollway 130 in rural Guadalupe County. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsbury | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a tree across FM 20 in rural Guadalupe County. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsbury | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a tree across Gravel Pit Rd. in rural Guadalupe County. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsbury | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 54 kts by the Barker Ranch mesonet station. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Kingsbury | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near the intersection of FM 20 and Hwy 130 near Kingsbury. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsbury | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked some eight to nine inch diameter tree limbs onto a house. |
| October 2009 | Hail | Kingsbury | - | There was penny size hail reported at the Silver Wolf Ranch. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Kingsbury | - | Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in central Guadalupe County, with up to 5 inches just south of Kingsbury. FM477, FM466, and Alternate US90 were closed. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Kingsbury | - | Up to 3 inches of rain fell in the late afternoon around Kingsbury, closing FM20 due to flash flooding. |
| October 2009 | Hail | Kingsbury | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339146. 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.






