Mico, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Castroville-LaCoste census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78056. It stands on Mexican Creek. The Survey maps it on the Medina Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.
On record in Mico
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Medina Damlisted 1976 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Medina Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Medina Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Mico between 2006 and 2014, burning about 190 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNCONTROLLED BURN |
| 11 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 2651 |
| 22 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 26 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTR. BURM RE-IGNITE |
| 25 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1283/CR271 |
| 23 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mico in 11 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | Mico | 1 killed | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Medina County 911 Dispatch received a call from an individual who was trapped in their vehicle that had been swept off Park Road 37 in high water at Mescal Creek. On the afternoon of the 5th, the vehicle was located about one mile downstream and the body of the driver 3-4 miles downstream just south of the Park Rd 37/FM 1283 intersection in Bandera County. The driver was a 20 year old male. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Mico | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail west of Government Canyon State Natural Area. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Mico | - | A thunderstorm produced dime to quarter size hail in Mico. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Mico | - | A thunderstorm produced three inch hail east of Medina Lake. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Mico | - | Heavy rain caused flooding which closed the intersection of County Roads 2615 and 371. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Mico | - | Scattered to numerous thunderstorms across northern Atascosa, eastern Medina and western Bexar Counties produced rain totals of 2 to 3 inches. Highest totals in Medina County were 5 inches from south of Castroville to Natalia. Closed due to high water were FM1343, FM471, and SH132. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Mico | - | Morning thunderstorms and showers in eastern Medina County produced widespread 2 to 3 inch totals. Highest amounts were between 6 and 7 inches near Mico. Roads in the Mico and Rio Medina areas were closed through the early afternoon, including FM2107. Two homes were evacuated due to rising water in the Mico area. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Mico | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Mico | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Mico | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Mico | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riomedina | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Quihi | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bader | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| New Fountain | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Castroville | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dunlay | 14.0 miles | 9 | |
| La Coste | 17.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hondo | 17.8 miles | 9 |
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 Mico | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6838947 | 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 1341465. 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.





