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Longhorn, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78217. The Survey maps it on the Longhorn quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.

Longhorn within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

104 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Longhorn between 2006 and 2011, burning about 209 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Debris and open burning18
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUSTIC FOREST
16 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEW WORLD
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWETMORE FIRE
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKE GLEN
4 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Longhorn: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Cement Rock, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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
Capital Cement PlantCement Rock, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Judson Road Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
Cloud QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Longhorn Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Capitol Cement QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Kaiser Cement and Gypsum CorpLimestone, GeneralProducer
Longhorn QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Bexar County

Storms near this place

21 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longhorn in 21 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 16 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 11 deaths. 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
June 2025Flash FloodLonghorn11 killed, $23,000,000Training of thunderstorms with intense rainfall rates produced a swath of 3-8 inches of rain across San Antonio. Several vehicles were swept off the Loop 410 access road into Beitel Creek. There were 11 fatalities in this creek and the surrounding area. Ten people were rescued from the water, and two others were able to get to safety on their own. Damage from the flooding totaled $23 million across Bexar County.
April 2020LightningLonghorn$1,000,000Lightning from a thunderstorm started a fire that burned down an eight unit apartment building on Salado Creek Dr. in northern San Antonio.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindLonghorn$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that snapped a large tree trunk in northeastern San Antonio.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLonghorn$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some one inch tree limbs near Windcrest.
June 2025Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There was a high water rescue on I-35 near the Windcrest Business Park along Walzem Creek.
January 2024Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. A vehicle drove into flood water on Ira Lee Rd. at Corinne Dr. along Salado Creek in northeastern San Antonio.
September 2024Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing the northbound frontage road of I-35 between Randolph and Weidner in northeast San Antonio.
September 2024Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding requiring several water rescues near the I-35/I-410 interchange in northeast San Antonio.
June 2019Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There was water over the road in the vicinity of Walzem Rd. and I-35 in San Antonio.
October 2019Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The San Antonio Fire Department made a water rescue at I-35 and Starlight Terrace near Beitel Creek in northeastern San Antonio. Rainfall reports in the area were between two and three inches.
October 2019Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The San Antonio Fire Department made a water rescue at I-35 and Walzem Rd. near Walzem Creek in northeastern San Antonio. Rainfall reports in the area were between two and three inches.
March 2018Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding requiring a water rescue at I-35 and Thousand Oaks in northeastern San Antonio.
April 2016Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding requiring a water rescue along Salado Creek in the 8800 block of Village Dr. near I-410 in northeastern San Antonio.
June 2015Flash FloodLonghorn-Heavy rain from Tropical storm Bill caused flash flooding closing Vicar Dr. at Perrin Beitel Rd. in northeast San Antonio.
February 2012Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding and closed Cave Lane and Kenilworth Boulevard in San Antonio. Rainfall totals in the area ranged from 1.5 to 2.5 inches.
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Longhorn-Minor damage near the San Antonio post office on Perrin Beitel Rd was caused by a small tornado that formed along the leading edge of a large cluster of storms pushing east in the early morning hours of March 20 (CDT). This cluster of storms interacted with an outflow boundary causing a few brief tornadoes. In addition to the damage at the post office, one home sustained major damage and 10 others were left with minor damage. Seventy-three other homes were affected by the tornado with other property damage; either debris on the property or damage to fences and plants.
July 2010Flash FloodLonghorn-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding and closed Perrin Beitel Road at Vicar Drive.
April 2010Flash FloodLonghorn-Heavy rainfall near the San Antonio International Airport caused street flooding on Country Club Lane.
June 2010Flash FloodLonghorn-A thunderstorm produced heavy rain which caused flooding and closed Oak Glen Drive and Cave Lane in San Antonio.
October 2009Flash FloodLonghorn-Austin Highway at Ira Lee Road was closed due to high water. There were numerous roads closed across northeast San Antonio at this time.
April 2016HailLonghorn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bexar 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
Fratt1.0 miles14
Shorts Corner1.3 miles14
Windcrest1.6 miles14
Wetmore2.5 miles14
North Loop3.0 miles14
Live Oak4.2 miles11
Alamo Heights4.6 miles12
Terrell Hills4.7 miles12

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 LonghornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14710973The 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 1340525. 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.