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Legion, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kerrville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78028. It stands on Camp Meeting Creek. The Survey maps it on the Legion quadrangle.

Legion within Kerr County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

41 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Legion between 2000 and 2016, burning about 1,386 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHORIZON
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2008Debris and open burning1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service240KAMIRA-FIRE
25 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16 NORTH FIRE
20 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3000 RR 1376

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kerr County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Legion: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ingram PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kerr County

Storms near this place

18 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Legion in 18 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 11 hail, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLegion$100,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph. Mobile homes were blown away from their locations and power lines and trees were blown down.
July 2024Flash FloodLegion$10,000Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The Kerr County Emergency Manager reported flooding along Turtle Creek west of Kerrville. There was a car stuck in high water.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLegion$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked tree limbs west of Kerrville.
May 2025HailLegion-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Kerrville Schreiner Park.
May 2025HailLegion-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball to golf ball size hail near the VA Medical Center in Kerrville.
May 2024HailLegion-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail on the southwest side of Kerrville.
April 2023HailLegion-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Kerrville.
June 2023HailLegion-A thunderstorm produced quarter to golf ball size hail in Kerrville.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLegion-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph and pea size hail near the intersection of Lower Turtle Creek Rd. and Deer Park Ln. E. south of Kerrville.
April 2019HailLegion-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Kerrville.
May 2019HailLegion-A thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar size hail southeast of Kerrville.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindLegion-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that tore an awning off a convenience store near the intersection of Hwy 173 and Veterans Hwy in Kerrville.
June 2016HailLegion-A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from pea to ping pong ball size in Kerrville. Most of the hail was dime to quarter size.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLegion-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph at the Quiet Valley Ranch on Hwy 16 southwest of Kerrville.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLegion-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 52 knots which broke limbs from trees.
May 2013HailLegion-no account filed
March 2013HailLegion-no account filed
April 2008HailLegion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kerr 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
Guadalupe Heights2.0 miles9
Kerrville2.1 miles13
Shady Grove3.6 miles9
Mount Wesley4.2 miles13
Center Point6.9 miles9
Cypress Creek7.4 miles13
Ingram7.6 miles13
Camp Verde8.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339799. 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.