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Laguna Vista, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the East Cameron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78578. It lies near La Atravezada. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Vista quadrangle. 3,520 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Laguna Vista within Cameron County

Population over time

2 figures

Laguna Vista grew from 3,117 to 3,520 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
20103,117
20203,520+403 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

20 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Laguna Vista between 2002 and 2020, burning about 2,672 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLaguna Atascosa National Wildlife RefugeWALLER N/O
30 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLaguna Atascosa National Wildlife RefugeOLD FIRE
29 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresLaguna Atascosa National Wildlife RefugeWALLER
22 July 2019Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
18 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLaguna Atascosa National Wildlife RefugeLAGUNA EAST
30 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
29 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLaguna Atascosa National Wildlife RefugeBAHIA GRANDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cameron County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laguna Vista in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2014: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2000Thunderstorm WindLaguna Vista$5,000,000A very strong heavy precipitation type supercell did extensive straight line wind damage to Laguna Vista, Laguna heights, Port Isabel and South Padre Island on the evening of May the 2nd. A National Weather Service ground survey team reported that all debris was oriented from northwest to southeast. The storm first struck the Laguna Heights and Laguna Vista communities between 820 and 835 PM CDT. Then it struck Port Isabel and South Padre Island between 840 PM and 900 PM CDT. These damaging winds knocked down 50 power poles. In addition, the damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines and trees. Approximately 8800 customers were left without power and schools were closed in Port Isabel on May 3rd and 4th. Many residents reported damage to roofs, awnings, signs, canopies, marinas, and garage doors. Windows were shattered by the strong winds. The United States Coast Guard Office reported 106 knots or 122 mph winds before power failed at the Coast Guard station. Several recreational vehicles parked at Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island were tossed on their sides. Hail the size of golfballs was reported at South Padre Island. Total damage to the utility lines and poles was estimated to be around 3 million dollars. Total damage done to the rest of the area was around 2 million. In all, it was estimated that approximately 5 million dollars of damage was done to the bayfront communities and South Padre Island.
May 2014LightningLaguna Vista$10,000Local law enforcement officials reported two house fires started by lightning strikes in the town of Laguna Vista.
October 2002Flash FloodLaguna Vista-Intense thunderstorms produced very heavy rains and flash flooding throughout eastern portions of Cameron county. Water entered several homes and businesses in both Brownsville and Laguna Vista.
May 2000Flash FloodLaguna Vista-The large supercell produced flash flooding rainfall that forced closure of Highway 100 at Laguna Vista and South Padre Island because of high water and storm debris.
June 2000Flash FloodLaguna Vista-The Port Isabel Press reported a house in the El Norte subdivision in Laguna Heights was inundated with flood water. About 3.76 inches of rainfall was measured at Port Isabel on the 10th. This heavy rainfall was produced by the first tropical depression that formed in the Gulf of Mexico.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindLaguna Vista-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cameron 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
Rutherford-Harding Addition Colonia2.3 miles15
Holly Beach2.4 miles14
Laguna Heights2.4 miles15
Port Isabel4.7 miles14
La Aura Crossing5.5 miles15
Carretas Crossing5.6 miles15
Bayview6.0 miles11
South Padre Island6.7 miles14

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 Laguna VistaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982265The 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 1374437. 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.