Langtry, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Del Rio Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78871. It lies near Mile Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Langtry quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the last count. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.

Langtry within Val Verde County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1943 USGS Langtry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Langtry quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Comstock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Langtry between 1997 and 2017, burning about 192 acres in total. 1 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	2
Debris and open burning	2
Natural	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
5 August 2017	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LOOP 25 FIRE
2 May 2001	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Amistad National Recreation Area	BILLINGS
26 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	38 acres	Amistad National Recreation Area	LANGTRY 1
19 April 1997	Natural	10 acres	Amistad National Recreation Area	RATTLESNAK
13 April 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Amistad National Recreation Area	SOUTH SEEP
20 February 2000	Recreation and ceremony	61 acres	Amistad National Recreation Area	LANGTRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Val Verde County

Storms near this place

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langtry in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 hail, 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
June 2014	Flash Flood	Langtry	$50,000	Coop Observer reported roads flooded around Langtry. Portions of the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center sustained heavy water damage from a leaking roof after getting nearly 12 inches of rain in only a few hours.
August 2007	Flash Flood	Langtry	$50,000	Showers and thunderstorms associated with Erin spread across the northwest half of Val Verde County in the mid-afternoon. Rain totals averaged between 3 and 4 inches with up to 8 inches east of Juno and around Pandale. Flash flooding began in the evening and continued through midnight into the early morning hours. SH163, FM189, and FM1024 were reported closed due to high water.
April 1994	Hail	Langtry	$50,000	Thunderstorms that formed along a cold front moved southeastward across Val Verde County, producing widespread heavy rain and hail. Golf ball-sized hail fell southwest of Laughlin Air Force Base, along with very heavy rainfall. The hail was reported to be two inches deep. At 1658 CST, softball-sized hail was spotted just east of Langtry. A funnel cloud was sighted 12 miles south of Pandale by a deputy sheriff. At the same time, a funnel cloud was reported 10 miles northwest of Comstock by a deputy sheriff. Laughlin Air Force Base weather personnel reported funnel clouds over the base as well.
March 1993	Hail	Langtry	$5,000	Several severe thunderstorms moved across Val Verde County during the afternoon. The first reported of large hail was made in Langtry. Tennis ball-size hail was later reported in Langtry, a few cars were damaged along with some house windows. As the storm moved southeast it continued to produce large hail. A Federal Express truck was damaged between Langtry and Comstock. A funnel cloud was reported north of Comstock by the Sheriffs Office. A motorist that was drive under the storm at the time reported golfball-size hail and damage to her car. Golfball-size hail was next reported north of Del Rio at the Greenwood Ranch. As the next set of storms moved across the County a motorist reported golfball-size hail on Highway 377 northeast of Del rio. Golfball-size hail was reported on the LaGrand Ranch Northwest of Comstock.
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Langtry	$2,000	Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph which knocked down large tree limbs, 2-3 inches in diameter, at the Judge Roy Bean visitor center.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Langtry	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew a semi-trailer truck onto the shoulder of US 90 east of Langtry.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Langtry	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 52 kts by a mesonet station east of Langtry.
June 2025	Hail	Langtry	-	A thunderstorm produced penny size hail east of Langtry.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Langtry	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 58 kts by the mesonet station Baker Suave Lomas west of Langtry.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Langtry	-	The Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center reported several trees uprooted in Langtry.
June 2009	Flash Flood	Langtry	-	Creeks and streams were flooded near the Pecos River.
April 2009	Hail	Langtry	-	Dime to quarter size hail was reported in Langtry.
May 2007	Flood	Langtry	-	The Pecos River at Langtry crested at 17.69 ft at 0330 CST on May 25, where flood stage is 7 ft.
May 2007	Flood	Langtry	-	The Pecos River at Langtry crested at 18.15 ft at 0345 CST on May 10, where flood stage is 7 ft.
March 2007	Flood	Langtry	-	The Pecos River near Langtry crested at 12.08 ft at 0800 CST on March 26, where flood stage is 7 ft. This was the 10th highest crest on record.
May 2005	Flash Flood	Langtry	-	Thunderstorms developing just before midnight produced widespread 1 inch rain totals between Langtry and Juno in the north central part of Val Verde County. Highest totals were between 2 and 3 inches between the two towns. FM1024 was closed due to flash flooding approximately 25 miles southeast of Pandale. SH163 was closed near Juno
August 2005	Flash Flood	Langtry	-	Slow-moving thunderstorms in the late afternoon produced general 2 to 3 inch rainfall in the Langtry area. Several roads in and around Langtry were closed through the early evening.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Langtry	-	Thunderstorms persisted from late morning into the afternoon between Langtry and Comstock, producing general 2 inch totals, with up to 4 inches near Comstock. Flash flooding was reported by the Emergency Manager through the mid afternoon.
June 1997	Tornado (F0)	Langtry	-	A small F0 tornado was sighted by a train engineer near Langtry.
March 1993	Hail	Langtry	-	Several severe thunderstorms moved across Val Verde County during the afternoon. The first reported of large hail was made in Langtry. Tennis ball-size hail was later reported in Langtry, a few cars were damaged along with some house windows. As the storm moved southeast it continued to produce large hail. A Federal Express truck was damaged between Langtry and Comstock. A funnel cloud was reported north of Comstock by the Sheriffs Office. A motorist that was drive under the storm at the time reported golfball-size hail and damage to her car. Golfball-size hail was next reported north of Del Rio at the Greenwood Ranch. As the next set of storms moved across the County a motorist reported golfball-size hail on Highway 377 northeast of Del rio. Golfball-size hail was reported on the LaGrand Ranch Northwest of Comstock.
October 2014	Hail	Langtry	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Langtry	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Langtry	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Langtry	-	no account filed
March 1998	Hail	Langtry	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Langtry	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Val Verde 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Osman	7.6 miles	8
Shumla	8.7 miles	7
Pumpville	13.3 miles	8
Lull	14.6 miles	7
Comstock	22.1 miles	7
Bakers Crossing	24.2 miles	7
Pandale	25.9 miles	6
Box Canyon Estates	28.3 miles	7

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 Langtry	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3217298	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 1377171. 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.