Quintana, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Brazosport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77541. The Survey maps it on the Freeport quadrangle. 26 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresQuintana fell from 56 to 26 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 | 56 | |
| 2020 | 26 | -30 (-54%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
28 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Quintana between 2000 and 2015, burning about 219 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTER POINT |
| 12 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PORT FREEPORT |
| 6 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VELASCO |
| 11 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 332/690 |
| 5 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY |
| 4 July 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAZOS RIVER AT BAYWOOD |
| 31 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAZOS PIPE |
| 3 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge | PARKER POINT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Quintana: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sulfur, Halite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Mound Mine | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1904, 1912, 1968 | |
| Dow Chemical Plant | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Dow Freeport Plants A and B | Magnesite | Plant | 1941 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quintana in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2006: 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Lightning | Quintana | 2 hurt | Two victims (a 13 year old female and a 23 year old female) sought shelter under a cabana on Surfside Beach when lightning struck. The younger victim was initially in critical condition when airlifted to the hospital but fully recovered after a four day stay with only scars around her neck from a necklace she was wearing when struck. The older victim had bleeding ears after the strike, but was treated and released the same day. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quintana | $12,000 | Power lines down near FM 332. |
| May 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Quintana | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quintana Beach | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Surfside | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Brazosport | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Surfside Beach | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Midway | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Freeport | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Velasco | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Velasco Heights | 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 Quintana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982356 | 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 1380409. 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.






