Palmview, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mission census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78572. The Survey maps it on the Mission quadrangle. 15,830 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 148 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPalmview grew from 5,460 to 15,830 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 | 5,460 | |
| 2020 | 15,830 | +10,370 (+190%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 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 Mission quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Mission quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
502 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 502 fires within 5 miles of Palmview between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,672 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 102 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 | 192 |
| Debris and open burning | 182 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 102 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | DOVE |
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | TORTUGA |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | ABRAM LEVEE |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | 1427 |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Palmview: 10 producers, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bleakley | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Garcia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 1 Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Beck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche | |
| Frost Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hawkins Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J-2 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J-2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche | |
| Shower Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Garza Colonia | 0.1 miles | 11 | |
| South Minnesota Road Colonia Number 3 | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| R Ruiz Colonia | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| South Minnesota Road Colonia | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cuatro Vientos Colonia | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mission West Estates Colonia | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ariel Hinojosa Colonia | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Palm Acres Estates Colonia | 0.5 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 Palmview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974325 | 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 1388588. 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.







