BlockMonte Grande, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rio Hondo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78583. The Survey maps it on the Paso Real quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1933 USGS Paso Real quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Paso Real quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Monte Grande between 2002 and 2017, burning about 240 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | DENT |
| 26 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | DEADEND |
| 1 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 345 |
| 8 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | REYNOLDS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monte Grande in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Hail | Monte Grande | $2,000 | Tennis ball size hail reported. Vehicles dented and windshields damaged and chickens killed. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Monte Grande | - | The public reported estimated hail size of 1.25 inches in Arroyo City, TX. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Monte Grande | - | Member of the public shared a picture of a hail stone estimated to be around 2 inches. Timing based on radar. |
| June 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Monte Grande | - | Received multiple photos of a funnel cloud via social media, northeast of Rio Hondo or southwest of Arroyo City. Time and location are approximated based on reports and on radar. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monte Grande | - | Trees and tree limbs down along General Brant Road near Olmito North Road. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Monte Grande | - | An off duty NWS employee reported as much as 6 inches of flowing water remaining on the road in the immediate vicinity of La Tina, as well as several stalled cars. There was also evidence of flash flooding on FM 1847 and FM 106 near La Tina and the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. The road bed had been partially washed away on FM 106. Water remained in or up to the edge of some homes. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Monte Grande | - | A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail fell in Arroyo City with some of the hail measuring up to 1 inch in diameter. The hail was produced by an isolated thunderstorm which occurred along a cold front moving through Deep South Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Gardens Number 2 Colonia | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Arroyo Gardens Number 4 Colonia | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| San Vicente Estates Colonia | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| La Leona | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Las Yescas | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Arroyo Gardens | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Alfredo Garza Colonia | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Rio Hondo | 4.0 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 Monte Grande | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q124309296 | 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 1378696. 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.