Knippa, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Uvalde census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78870. It stands on Dry Frio River. The Survey maps it on the Knippa quadrangle. 606 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKnippa fell from 689 to 606 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 | 689 | |
| 2020 | 606 | -83 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1898 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Knippa quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Knippa between 2006 and 2015, burning about 90 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2009 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND-FM 1023 |
| 4 July 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND-FM 1023 |
| 19 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUNNY CLIME RD FIRE |
| 6 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 1049 N |
| 22 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND-5 MILES W US 90 |
| 16 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Knippa: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knippa Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Trap Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Basalt | |
| Knippa Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Texas Aggregates No. 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| South Texas Aggregates No. 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| South Texas Aggregates Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knippa in 27 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 15 hail, 6 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knippa | $50,000 | Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph north of Uvalde. The winds knocked down trees onto powerlines. |
| June 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Knippa | $25,000 | A brief tornado produced some tree and roof damage. Winds were estimated to be 85 mph at the peak of the tornado. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Knippa | $1,000 | Some trees were reported down in town along with a irrigation sprinkler blown over. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Knippa | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding north of Uvalde. The Uvalde Fire Department rescued a person from high water at Hwy 83 and CR 429 along Leona Creek. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Knippa | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDOT reported low water crossings were flooded along FM 1049 around Knippa. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near the intersection of Hwy 83 and FM 2690 north of Uvalde. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Knippa. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail on FM1049 north of Knippa. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail east-northeast of Knippa. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Knippa. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced hen egg size hail in Knippa. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Knippa | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Hwy 127 southeast of Concan. |
| March 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud near the intersection of FM1049 and CR127. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that downed power lines. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Knippa | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing low water crossings on SH 127 between Sabinal and Concan. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph blew out some power transformers between Knippa and Uvalde. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail near Knippa. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter to golf ball size hail that broke vehicle and house windows near Knippa. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail that broke windows in a house and covered the road. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Knippa | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size at the Vulcan Materials plant in Knippa. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Knippa | - | Two to 3 inches of rain falling over eastern Uvalde County in the early morning of July 3 caused flash flooding between Knippa and Sabinal that closed FM1049 and SH127. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Knippa | - | General rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches were reported in thunderstorms over southeast Uvalde County during the evening of May 2. Highest toals were near 4 inches. FM187 was closed due to flash flooding along the Sabinal River. |
| March 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Knippa | - | A group of four funnels was observed by Uvalde County Sheriff's Deputies. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Knippa | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Knippa | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Knippa | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Knippa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trio | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Vanham Addition Colonia | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sabinal | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| North Uvalde Colonia | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Uvalde | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Brice Lane Colonia | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| South Grove Street Colonia | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Inge | 10.5 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 Knippa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974550 | 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 1360722. 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.






