Olmos Park, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Central census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78212. It stands on Olmos Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Antonio East quadrangle. 2,180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresOlmos Park fell from 2,343 to 2,180 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,343 | |
| 2010 | 2,237 | -106 (-5%) |
| 2020 | 2,180 | -57 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS San Antonio East quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS San Antonio East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS San Antonio East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Olmos Park between 2008 and 2011, burning about 8 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 16/ S. ZARZAMORA |
| 28 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1604 COMMAND |
| 4 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Olmos Park: 7 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliated Aggregates Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Cementville Quarry | Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Ross Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| San Antonio Portland Cement Co | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| San Antonio Portland Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lime Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Alamo | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Capitol Cement Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eastside Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| San Antonio Prtlnd Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olmos Park in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 5 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Olmos Park | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing several low water crossings in north-central San Antonio. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Olmos Park | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail at Joint Base San Antonio Ft. Sam Houston. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Olmos Park | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing 43 roads across the city of San Antonio. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Olmos Park | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding stranding a commercial garbage truck in approximately three and a half feet of water near the intersection of Holbrook Ln. and Aina Ln. along Salado Creek in northeastern San Antonio. The truck driver was rescued by firefighters. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Olmos Park | - | A thunderstorm produced three inch hail near Austin Hwy. and N. New Braunfels Ave. in Alamo Heights. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Olmos Park | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing N. Vandiver Rd. at Irvington in northern San Antonio. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Olmos Park | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding along Salado Creek in San Antonio. The fire department reported a water rescue at Holbrook Rd. and Rittiman Rd. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Olmos Park | - | A thunderstorm produced hail for ten minutes. The largest was golf ball size. |
| February 2012 | Flash Flood | Olmos Park | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding and closed North Vandiver and Eisenhauer Roads in San Antonio. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Olmos Park | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Olmos Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Heights | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Terrell Hills | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Castle Hills | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Balcones Heights | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| North Loop | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| San Antonio | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Salado Junction | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Robards | 4.8 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.
| Wikipedia article on Olmos Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q976917 | 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 1343270. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





