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Presidio, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Presidio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79845. It lies near Arroyo Mimbroso. The Survey maps it on the Presidio East quadrangle. 3,264 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,582 feet above sea level.

Presidio within Presidio County

On record in Presidio

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Presidio fell from 4,426 to 3,264 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,426
20203,264-1,162 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Presidio between 2006 and 2019, burning about 632 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
Smoking7
Debris and open burning4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 April 2014Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceVILLAREAL BRUSH FIRE
10 March 2013Smoking6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePRIETOS RANCH BRUSH FIRE
10 March 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 February 2019Debris and open burning600 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceALAMITO CREEK
21 February 2013Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceANDY'S RANCH BRUSH FIRE
18 February 2013Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHIANATI RANCH
22 November 2013Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCIBOLO CREEK RANCH FIRE
9 January 2006Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Presidio County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Presidio: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dos MariasZincUnknown
Marias MineLead, ZincProducer
Unidentified QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary
Unidentified QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Presidio County

Storms near this place

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Presidio in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 9 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2008Flash FloodPresidio$1,000,000On September 9, the levees near Redford, TX failed. This resulted in water covering the entire city of Redford. A high water rescue was reported near Alamito Creek.||Heavy rain made matters worse by September 14. Flash flooding was occurring in the city of Presidio and border patrol closed the International Bridge on September 16. The Mexican side of the bridge was covered in water and levels continue to rise. Water also topped the levees near Presidio Golf Course on the 16th and 17th. Border patrol reported that nearly 15 feet of water was located in the fields near the golf course, with 3 to 4 feet of water covering the golf course itself.||The International Boundary and Water Commission reported cracks in the levees near the golf course on September 17 and water was beginning to approach Presidio High School.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPresidio$1,000,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPresidio$200,000A severe thunderstorm produced damaging outflow winds in Presidio. A warehouse was destroyed and four homes lost roofs. Small hail collected up to 6 inches deep in some locations around town. Slightly larger hail occurred approximately 30 minutes later, around 615 PM CDT, as the main core of the severe thunderstorm moved over the community.
June 2002Flash FloodPresidio$100,000The Texas Department of Transportation reported flash flooding resulting in high water in homes and businesses...as well as street flooding in the city of Presidio.
April 2004HailPresidio$20,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPresidio$10,000A thunderstorm with only light to moderate rain had damaging downbursting winds that blew over two carport tops and a utility pole.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPresidio$8,000Strong winds damaged a new double-wide mobile home.
June 1997HailPresidio$7,000Hail larger than golfball damaged a new pickup truck parked near the trailer that was damaged by the wind.
May 2004LightningPresidio$5,000Lightning struck an insulator on a power pole near Presidio in the southern part of Presidio County. Damage caused by the lightning strike resulted in an eleven-hour power outage in the cities of Presidio, Shafter, and Redford. Electrical power was finally restored to area residents during the mid morning of Sunday the 16th.
October 2025HailPresidio-Presidio County Sheriff's Office relayed a report of quarter-size hail at the Port of Entry in Presidio. The total time of occurrence is partially estimated from radar.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindPresidio-A thunderstorm moved across Presidio County and produced a 67 mph wind gust at the AWOS site near the town of Presidio.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindPresidio-A thunderstorm moved across Presidio County and produced a 59 mph wind gust five miles north of the town of Presidio.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindPresidio-A storm moved across Presidio County and produced a 64 mph wind gust north of Presidio as recorded by the local AWOS site.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindPresidio-A thunderstorm moved across Presidio County and produced a 59 mph wind gust north of the City of Presidio as recorded by the local AWOS.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPresidio-No damage was reported.
May 2005HailPresidio-Penny size hail was reported along Farm to Market Road 170 just northwest of Presidio.
July 2005Flash FloodPresidio-Heavy rainfall with embedded thunderstorms persisted over Presidio county. Storms caused Farm to Market Road 170 to flood and subsequently be closed by the Texas Department of Transportation due to the high water.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindPresidio-Several strong to severe thunderstorms affected the area from the Guadalupe Mountains south through the Big Bend on the afternoon and evening of the 15th. The public reported severe thunderstorm winds in Presidio.
November 2004Flash FloodPresidio-The U.S. Border Patrol reported flash flooding along several creeks in Presidio. Flood waters from the swollen creeks were reported to inundate several city streets.
June 2002Flash FloodPresidio-The Texas Department of Transportation reported 1.5 feet of water flooding FM170.
June 2002HailPresidio-Hail up to nickel size covered the ground in Presidio.
July 2002Flash FloodPresidio-Rainfall amounts of approximately 2.5 inches in less than one hour resulted in road flooding and minor flooding of a few homes in Presidio.
September 2002FloodPresidio-Minor street flooding was reported in the city.
June 1997Flash FloodPresidio-Heavy rains east of the Rio Grande filled local arroyos that sent flood waters across State Highway 170 upstream from Presidio. Department of Transportation employees worked through the night to clear sand and other debris from the highway.
May 1997HailPresidio-A northeasterly upslope flow into the mountains of northern Chihuahua formed storms in the mountainous terrain. These storms were advected over the top of a frontal boundary and crossed the Rio Grande near Presidio where the hail fell. The storm appeared to continue with very strong intensity over open country while riding on the frontal boundary. The storm weakened as it approached the city of Marfa, where it skimmed the city to the south.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPresidio-no account filed
May 2012HailPresidio-no account filed
May 2011HailPresidio-no account filed
May 2009HailPresidio-no account filed
March 2007HailPresidio-no account filed
June 2007HailPresidio-no account filed
June 2007Flash FloodPresidio-no account filed
May 2007HailPresidio-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPresidio-no account filed
July 2002HailPresidio-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindPresidio-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindPresidio-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindPresidio-no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodPresidio-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Presidio County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fort Leaton (historical)2.9 miles13
La Junta3.1 miles12
Loma Pelona4.0 miles13
Haciendito5.8 miles12
Las Pampas Colonia8.4 miles12
Ochoa10.0 miles11
Redford12.3 miles11
Polvo12.8 miles11

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 PresidioAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q970777The 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 1344545. 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.