Palmhurst, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mission census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78573. The Survey maps it on the Alton quadrangle. 2,601 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 161 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPalmhurst fell from 2,607 to 2,601 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,607 | |
| 2020 | 2,601 | -6 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1940 USGS Monte Christo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Alton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
288 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 288 fires within 5 miles of Palmhurst between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,474 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 were 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 | 120 |
| Debris and open burning | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LUNCH |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | BENTSEN PILE |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | LA HOMA RD |
| 28 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | DOFFING |
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRYAN RD FIRE |
| 11 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 1 1/2 MILE |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MINNESOTA FIRE 5 MILE |
| 9 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | BENTSEN PALM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Palmhurst: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleakley | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hawkins Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J-2 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J-2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palmhurst in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Palmhurst | $100,000 | Rainfall of more than 4 inches in a little more than an hour produced flash flooding from Mission to McAllen between 730 and 830 PM. Local television news reported one home with water flooding the ground floor, and vehicles submerged, in Mission, from a combination of poor drainage and the blinding rains. Floodwaters covered a driveway, reaching the garage of a home on Highland Park Ave. in Mission. State Road 107 and Farm to Market 495 each were closed with up to 2 feet of water covering them. Flooding on the frontage road of Expressway 83 between 23rd Avenue and Ware Road produced water up to the windshields of dozens of cars in McAllen. Rainfall reached 2.46 inches in McAllen/Miller Airport, 3.40 inches at the nearby cooperative station, 3.74 inches in Mission, and 4.08 inches just northeast of Mission, all falling in a little more than an hour. The aftermath of the frontage road flooding was documented by video posted on YouTube. View the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6viYuz8VBW8 . |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmhurst | $2,000 | Mission Police Department reported power lines and large tree branches down due to strong winds at the intersection of Inspiration and FM 495 and in the 1400 block of Doherty. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Palmhurst | $1,500 | Half dollar to ping pong ball size hail reported near Palmhurst, and just east at the intersection of Stewart and 3 Mile Line (Buddy Owens). Video from nearby locations indicated at least one cracked vehicle windshield; other photos showed mildly dented vehicles as well as some stripping of siding from one home. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Palmhurst | - | Public reported three quarter of an inch hail that lasted for 1 minute. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elida Colonia | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| North Country Estates Colonia | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Linda Vista Estates Colonia | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| James Allen Colonia | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Monica Acres Colonia | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Jessan Colonia | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Tangerine Estates Colonia | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Jenna Estates Colonia | 0.7 miles | 11 |
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 Palmhurst | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981487 | 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 1378825. 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.








