La Casita, 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 78582. It stands on Garcias Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Grulla quadrangle. 139 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresLa Casita grew from 128 to 139 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 | 128 | |
| 2020 | 139 | +11 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Garcias quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Grulla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS La Grulla quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
451 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 451 fires within 5 miles of La Casita between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,861 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning | 288 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 134 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 86 OLD CASITA RD |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | HAY |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD CASITA RD. |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6154 FM 1430 RD |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AURORA ST. |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of La Casita: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lopez Ready Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Nordmeyer Incorporated Operations | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Casita in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | La Casita | $30,000 | Social media pictures showed several submerged cars that were being removed from flood waters from the heavy rain the night before. Flood depth of 3 to 4 feet is estimated due to how high the water was on the cars. |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | La Casita | - | Starr County Sheriffs Office reported street flooding occurring in the town of Alto Bonito. Estimated depth of water was up to a foot in some locations. An estimated 2.5 to 3 inches of rain fell. |
| May 1997 | Hail | La Casita | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Lopez de Gutierrez Colonia | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| Montalvo Hills Colonia | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Manuel Garcia Colonia | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Garciasville | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Victoria Vera Colonia | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Loma Linda East Colonia | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Manuel Garcia Number 2 Colonia | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Chaparrito Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 |
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 La Casita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5962760 | 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 1339291. 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.








