La Coste, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castroville-LaCoste census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78039. The Survey maps it on the La Coste quadrangle. 1,077 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLa Coste fell from 1,255 to 1,077 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,255 | |
| 2010 | 1,119 | -136 (-11%) |
| 2020 | 1,077 | -42 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS La Coste quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of La Coste between 2005 and 2016, burning about 641 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 90 W_146 |
| 26 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4713 |
| 25 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MECHLER RD/HWY 90 W |
| 25 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8400 JUNGMAN RD |
| 25 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 90 E/CR 482 |
| 20 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2124 US-90 W_155 |
| 19 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US-90 EAST |
| 10 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4711 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of La Coste: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Medina Gravel Company Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Medina Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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.
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 Coste | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q942496 | 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 1360818. 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.



