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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.

Mico within Medina County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

48 since 2006

Regional 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNCONTROLLED BURN
11 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2013Debris and open burning2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 2651
22 August 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
26 July 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONTR. BURM RE-IGNITE
25 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM1283/CR271
23 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Medina County

Storms near this place

11 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024Flash FloodMico1 killedThunderstorms 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 2025HailMico-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail west of Government Canyon State Natural Area.
April 2022HailMico-A thunderstorm produced dime to quarter size hail in Mico.
April 2019HailMico-A thunderstorm produced three inch hail east of Medina Lake.
April 2010Flash FloodMico-Heavy rain caused flooding which closed the intersection of County Roads 2615 and 371.
June 2007Flash FloodMico-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 2005Flash FloodMico-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 2016HailMico-no account filed
May 2013HailMico-no account filed
August 2011HailMico-no account filed
May 2010HailMico-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Medina 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
Riomedina7.5 miles9
Quihi12.0 miles9
Bader12.0 miles9
New Fountain13.1 miles9
Castroville13.2 miles9
Dunlay14.0 miles9
La Coste17.2 miles10
Hondo17.8 miles9

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 MicoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6838947The 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.