Ramirez, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Realitos-Concepcion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78376. The Survey maps it on the Ramirez quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1921 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Ramirez quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Ramirez between 2005 and 2011, burning about 7,150 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAMIREZ |
| 14 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM3249 & 257DUVALCOUNTY |
| 10 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2994 CR 266 |
| 27 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR266 FIRE |
| 18 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAMIREZ - 105 |
| 2 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | BRUSHLINE |
| 1 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramirez in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Ramirez | $500,000 | The sheriff's office reported eight mobile homes were damaged and at least two were completely TEXAS, Southern Cont'd destroyed in Ramirez. Scattered power outages were reported in the county. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Ramirez | - | Public reported golf ball sized hail occurred near Concepcion, to the south of Benavides. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ramirez | - | Trees were blown down in the community of Ramirez. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Ramirez | - | Duval County Sheriff's Office reported Farm to Market Road 339 near Ramirez was closed due to flooding. County Road 250 south of Ramirez to Farm to Market Road 3249 was closed to flooding also. A portion of County Road 235 was washed out near Cibolo Creek. |
| February 1998 | Flash Flood | Ramirez | - | Sheriff report of numerous flooded roadways. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sejita | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Concepcion | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Conception | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cruz Calle | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Santa Cruz | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Realitos | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Realitos Colonia | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Vera Cruz | 10.2 miles | 7 |
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 Ramirez | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7289598 | 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 1344730. 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.
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.



