La Pryor, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the La Pryor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78872. The Survey maps it on the La Pryor quadrangle. 1,294 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 745 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresLa Pryor fell from 1,643 to 1,294 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 | 1,643 | |
| 2020 | 1,294 | -349 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS La Pryor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS La Pryor quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of La Pryor between 2005 and 2019, burning about 784 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1436 |
| 11 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Smoking | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Pryor in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pryor | $60,000 | Wind damage was reported to the roofs of numerous buildings in LaPryor. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pryor | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over trees, and blew down tree limbs in and around the LaPryor area. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pryor | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a school, and also knocked down several trees. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pryor | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blow over power lines near La Pryor. |
| March 1999 | Hail | La Pryor | $30,000 | Hail broke windows in the town of LaPryor. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pryor | $5,000 | The Zavala County Emergency Manager reported wind damage to several trees and mobile homes on the east side of La Pryor. |
| May 1994 | Hail | La Pryor | $5,000 | The worst damage was done east and south of Crystal City, where a combination of wind and hail damaged trees and destroyed gardens. Roofs, windowns and vehicle windshields were ruined. Many trees were also reported to have been uprooted. |
| February 2026 | Hail | La Pryor | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in La Pryor. There were pictures of the hail on social media. |
| May 2022 | Hail | La Pryor | - | A thunderstorm produced hail slightly bigger than a quarter in La Pryor. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pryor | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down several trees and tree limbs in La Pryor. |
| May 2019 | Hail | La Pryor | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in La Pryor. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | La Pryor | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Hwy 83 between La Pryor and Crystal City. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | La Pryor | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Hwy 83 just south of La Pryor and Hwy 57 near Batesville. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | La Pryor | - | Many roads in the city of La Pryor, including Highway 83 and 57 were closed due to water over the road. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | La Pryor | - | Water was reported over highway 57 at mile marker 390 between La Pryor and Batesville. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | La Pryor | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing several roads west and south of La Pryor including Highways 83 and 57. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | La Pryor | - | The thunderstorms in Kinney and Maverick County spread northeastward into western Zavala County in the early afternoon. They dropped between 1 and 2 inches of rain across the area, with up to 3 inches just west of LaPryor. Flash flooding was reported at low water crossings along US57 east of LaPryor and US83 north of LaPryor. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | La Pryor | - | Deputies from the Zavala County Sheriff's Department observed a small and short-lived tornado as it touched down west of LaPryor in the late afternoon. The tornado moved briefly over open country and caused no known damage. It was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale. |
| February 2016 | Hail | La Pryor | - | no account filed |
| February 2016 | Hail | La Pryor | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | La Pryor | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | La Pryor | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | La Pryor | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | La Pryor | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | La Pryor | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | La Pryor | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | La Pryor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nueces Campsite Lots Colonia | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Batesville | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bee Crest Colonia | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| Las Colonias | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Loma Grande Colonia | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Triangula Colonia | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Amaya Colonia | 15.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bushy Creek Colonia | 16.7 miles | 10 |
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 Pryor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977283 | 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 1360810. 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.






