Laureles, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Los Fresnos-Laureles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78566. The Survey maps it on the Los Fresnos quadrangle. 4,111 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLaureles grew from 3,692 to 4,111 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 | 3,692 | |
| 2020 | 4,111 | +419 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1930 USGS Los Fresnos quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Los Fresnos quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Los Fresnos quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Los Fresnos quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
141 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Laureles between 1993 and 2020, burning about 758 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | MIDGET |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge | 803 & KEMPNER |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE VASQUEZ RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laureles in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laureles | $50,000 | In North Los Fresnos, two tin roofs were lifted from old, poorly constructed trailers in a colonia neighborhood just east of the intersection of FM 510 and FM 1847 (Arroyo Blvd). Severe water and structural damage occurred at each residence; insulation was peeled from the roofs and some walls had cracked or collapsed. Both structures were uninhabitable. Nine persons were displaced. Farther west along FM 510, a power pole was leaning at a 45 degree angle, and a mesquite tree was uprooted near the intersection of FM 803 and Henderson Road, about 4 miles to the southwest of the residential damage. |
| October 2024 | Flash Flood | Laureles | - | Emergency Management in Cameron County reported flooding in neighborhoods between Los Fresnos and Laureles due to runoff. There were reports of water depth of 3 feet in some areas. Two-day rainfall in the area ranged from 3.5 inches to nearly 6 inches. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Laureles | - | An NWS employee reported hail of penny to nickel size around 3:33PM CDT northeast of Los Fresnos. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laureles | - | An NWS employee reported a metal carport was blown over and across the street in Los Fresnos. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laureles | - | Downed healthy tree in the middle of the road with 6-8 inch diameter trunk near Los Fresnos/Laureles on Kretz Road between FM803 and FM1575. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Laureles | - | Public reported nickel size hail near Laureles. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Laureles | - | Family of a National Weather Service Employee reported hail up to golf ball size|during an intense thunderstorm just northwest of the center of Los Fresnos. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa del Rey Colonia | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Paredes Estates Colonia | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Lake | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lourdes Street Colonia | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| La Coma Colonia | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Esquina Colonia | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Los Cuates | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| East Fresnos Colonia | 2.1 miles | 11 |
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 Laureles | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977928 | 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 1374487. 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.








