Mendoza, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lockhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78644. The Survey maps it on the Creedmoor quadrangle. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Montopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Creedmoor quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Mendoza between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,463 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 650 CALDER RD |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 139 |
| 4 September 2014 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S US HWY 183 COMMAND |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD SAN ANTONIO |
| 16 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 126 |
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2485 SCHUELKE RD |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CROSSROADS DRIVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mendoza in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 6 flash flood, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Mendoza | $1,000,000 | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM 1854 at Hwy 21. There were also reports of vehicles stranded in high water at other points along Hwys 21 and 130. In total there were 130 homes affected due to flooding on the 30th in Caldwell County, 31 homes were destroyed, most were mobile homes along the San Marcos River between San Marcos and Martindale. The county totaled nearly 1 million dollars in infrastructure losses and debris cost. This total does not include insured/uninsured losses to homes. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Mendoza | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Williamson Rd. at Old Lockhart Rd. near Mendoza. Report was from ATXFloods. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendoza | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that downed tree limbs near Hwy21 and US183. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Mendoza | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing multiple roads across the county. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Mendoza | - | Thunderstorms over northwestern Caldwell County produced between 2 and 3 inches of rain in the late afternoon, causing flash flooding from Mendoza to McMahan. Many rural roads were closed, including FM1322. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Mendoza | - | Northeast Caldwell County received between 2 and 3 inches of rain in the late afternoon that resulted in flash flooding through the early evening. Many of the small rural roads were closed, including FM1854. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Mendoza | - | The line of storms dropped between 3 and 4 inches of rain in the Mendoza area in extreme northern Caldwell County. FM1854 was closed due to high water. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Mendoza | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Mendoza | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niederwald | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lytton Springs | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Uhland | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Johns Colony | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lockhart | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dale | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Maxwell | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Reedville | 12.1 miles | 13 |
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 Mendoza | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22073222 | 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 1378663. 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.






