Medina, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Medina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78055. It stands on West Prong Medina River. The Survey maps it on the Rock Cliff Reservoir quadrangle. It stands 1,447 feet above sea level.
On record in Medina
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
River Oaks Courtslisted 2019
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Center Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Rock Cliff Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bandera quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Medina between 2006 and 2010, burning about 852 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 March 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOFFETT |
| 21 February 2010 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KROLY ROAD FIRE |
| 16 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 October 2009 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLSIDE IN MEDINA |
Storms near this place
30 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medina in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 23 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Medina | $100,000 | Extremely heavy rainfall was reported from eastern Bandera County into northern Medina County. Most parts of eastern Bandera County reported 3 to 4 inches of rain, but the highest amount was in Bandera where up to 8 inches fell. Flash flooding was both widespread and severe, closing SH16, SH173, FM1283 and FM470. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Medina | $10,000 | Thunderstorms produced 2 to 3 inch totals from Leakey in Real County eastward to Medina and Vanderpool in Bandera County. Highest totals in Bandera County were 5 inches at Vanderpool. FM187 and FM337 were closed to high water, with severe flooding along FM187. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medina | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down some tree limbs and small poles in Medina. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of golf balls in Medina. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail between Medina and Bandera. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced dime to golf ball size hail in Medina. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail in Medina. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch diameter hail in Medina. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Medina. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch diameter hail in Medina. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Medina. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in rural Bandera County between Medina and Center Point. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch hail that broke a sky light in a house. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Medina | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding sending water from the Medina River over Patterson Ave. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Medina | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Flood waters, filled with debris, closed numerous roads in Medina. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced three quarter to one inch hail which covered the ground. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Medina | - | Scattered thunderstorms over Bandera, Real and Uvalde Counties produced from 3 to 4 inches of rain, causing flash flooding of SH16 at FM2107 northwest of Medina. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Medina | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Waters | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Tuff | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Tarpley | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bandera | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| English Crossing | 16.4 miles | 11 | |
| Vanderpool | 16.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bandera Falls | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pipe Creek | 17.2 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 Medina | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6806884 | 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 1362568. 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.




