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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Legion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2000Regional 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 burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORIZON |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 240KAMIRA-FIRE |
| 25 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16 NORTH FIRE |
| 20 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3000 RR 1376 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingram Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Legion | $100,000 | A 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Legion | $10,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Legion | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked tree limbs west of Kerrville. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Kerrville Schreiner Park. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball to golf ball size hail near the VA Medical Center in Kerrville. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail on the southwest side of Kerrville. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Kerrville. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter to golf ball size hail in Kerrville. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Legion | - | 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 2019 | Hail | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Kerrville. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar size hail southeast of Kerrville. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Legion | - | 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 2016 | Hail | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from pea to ping pong ball size in Kerrville. Most of the hail was dime to quarter size. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph at the Quiet Valley Ranch on Hwy 16 southwest of Kerrville. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Legion | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 52 knots which broke limbs from trees. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Legion | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Legion | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Legion | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Heights | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kerrville | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Wesley | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Center Point | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cypress Creek | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ingram | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Camp Verde | 8.9 miles | 9 |
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.





