Montell, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Uvalde census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78801. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montell quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Nueces quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Nueces quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Barksdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Montell quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Barksdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Camp Wood quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Montell between 2006 and 2011, burning about 2,659 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND-CR 410 & TX HWY. 55 |
| 18 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MONTELL 2 |
| 7 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MONTELL |
| 17 March 2009 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND-TX55 & CR 416 |
| 17 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DURNELLS HW 55 |
| 25 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montell in 22 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 11 hail, 9 flash flood, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1999 | Hail | Montell | $60,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montell | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 57 kts by mesonet station EA002 near Montell. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Montell | - | A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail south of Camp Wood. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Montell | - | A thunderstorm produced 3.5 diameter hail south of Camp Wood. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Montell | - | A thunderstorm produced tea cup size hail south of Camp Wood. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Montell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Montell Creek overflowed sending four feet of water over Hwy 55 south of Montell. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Montell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. A driver was rescued from rising floodwater at CR 416 and the Nueces River northeast of Montell. |
| September 2025 | Flood | Montell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. One and a half to two inches of rain sent Montell Creek over Hwy 55 near Montell. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Montell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding that closed US 55 near Montell along the Nueces River. There were pictures of water over the road on social media. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Montell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding of the Nueces River. The river flooded Hwy 55 near Montell. |
| October 2018 | Hail | Montell | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near Montell. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Montell | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at Cooksey Park. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Montell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Hwy 55 from Montell to the Real County line along the Nueces River. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Montell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Maverick Crossing south of Camp Wood. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Montell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding sending one foot of water over Highway 55 at Maverick Crossing. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Montell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding covering Hwy. 55 with 18 inches of water. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Montell | - | The public reported quarter size hail along highway 55 south of Camp Wood. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Montell | - | Heavy rain caused water to cover a portion of Highway 55 south of Camp Wood. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Montell | - | There was hail covering the ground at a residence off of County Road 415. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Montell | - | Hail up to 3 inches in diameter broke the windshield of the Skywarn spotter who observed it. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Montell | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Montell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Reagan Wells | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Nineteen Mile Crossing | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Happy Hollow | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Haby Crossing | 14.8 miles | 12 | |
| Magers Crossing | 15.4 miles | 8 | |
| Third Crossing | 15.8 miles | 8 | |
| Concan | 16.1 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556295 | 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 1374985. 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.







