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La Vernia, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the La Vernia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78121. It stands on Dry Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Vernia quadrangle. 1,077 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 489 feet above sea level.

La Vernia within Wilson County

On record in La Vernia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

La Vernia grew from 1,034 to 1,077 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,034
20201,077+43 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

145 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of La Vernia between 2005 and 2015, burning about 1,046 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOORE FIRE
29 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 775 FIRE
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODCREEK POND FIRE
18 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARTFEILD RD
13 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMANROE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of La Vernia: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed PitClayPast ProducerClay

Every working recorded in Wilson County

Storms near this place

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Vernia in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 18 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000Tornado (F1)La Vernia$80,000A small tornado struck a semi-rural area just southwest of the town of LaVernia. It damaged or destroyed several trees and caused damage to around a dozen homes. In a few cases, it pulled very large, old oak trees with diameters over two feet out of the ground. An NWS survey revealed that the tornado was apparently lifting up and touching down along much of its half-mile path.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindLa Vernia$80,000Severe thunderstorm winds damaged mobile homes, and blew down power lines south and southwest of LaVernia.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)La Vernia$25,000The brief tornado affected a dozen homes and aluminum carports in the Country Garden and Woodcreek communities of La Vernia. The tornado formed in an open field near the intersection of Woodcreek Dr. and Bluff Creek Rd. in Woodcreek. It then traveled north before dissipating. Straight line winds from the same storm produced additional damage further north along Country Gardens Rd., but damage ended just short of Bluebonnet Rd. (FM 775). Maximum winds are estimated to be 70 mph.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindLa Vernia$15,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that damaged four houses in La Vernia. The damage included a tipped over carport, broken fences, and roof damage.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindLa Vernia$5,000Wind damage reported to outbuildings. Several trees uprooted by the severe winds.
March 1993HailLa Vernia$5,000Golfball-size hail was reported by the public southwest of La Vernia along with minor roof damage.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindLa Vernia$3,000Trees were uprooted with large limbs broken off by severe winds.
April 2023HailLa Vernia-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of La Vernia.
April 2020HailLa Vernia-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near La Vernia.
June 2019Flash FloodLa Vernia-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Dry Hollow Rd. at the Dry Hollow Creek crossing outside of La Vernia.
April 2018HailLa Vernia-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at the Pizza Hut at Hwy 87 and FM 1346 in La Vernia.
April 2018HailLa Vernia-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail east of La Vernia.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLa Vernia-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that caused widespread wind damage in and around La Vernia.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLa Vernia-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that snapped around a dozen trees and damaged a fence in the Lake Valley Estates Subdivision in La Vernia. There was also nickel size hail with this storm.
April 2015HailLa Vernia-Penny sized hail was reported at a Grocery Store in La Vernia, Texas.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindLa Vernia-A citizen reported damage to their mobile home and barn, as well as damage to adjacent properties.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindLa Vernia-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that ripped the roof off a mobile home.
May 2009Flash FloodLa Vernia-Portion of FM 539 was closed due to high water.
April 2009HailLa Vernia-Golf ball size hail was reported near FM539 and FM2772.
July 2007Flash FloodLa Vernia-A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. FM2772 and FM775 were closed due to high water in Wilson County.
February 1998Tornado (F0)La Vernia-A brief tornado was observed by HAM radio spotters.
May 2016HailLa Vernia-no account filed
May 2016HailLa Vernia-no account filed
May 2015HailLa Vernia-no account filed
May 2012HailLa Vernia-no account filed
September 2011HailLa Vernia-no account filed
April 2007HailLa Vernia-no account filed
April 2005HailLa Vernia-no account filed
April 2001HailLa Vernia-no account filed
March 1999HailLa Vernia-no account filed
February 1998HailLa Vernia-no account filed
February 1998HailLa Vernia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wilson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Carpenter4.0 miles10
Kicaster5.9 miles10
Sutherland Springs6.5 miles9
Grass Pond Colony7.3 miles10
Alum9.0 miles12
Nockenut10.8 miles12
Unity11.4 miles9
Stockdale11.7 miles10

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 VerniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q974313The 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 1360813. 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.