BlockReagan Wells, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Uvalde census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78801. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reagan Wells quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS York Hollow quadrangle1:62500
- 1971 USGS Reagan Wells quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bandera quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Reagan Wells in 2008, burning about 148 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2008 | Natural | 148 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRISCO |
Storms near this place
18 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reagan Wells in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 8 hail, 7 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2001 | Hail | Reagan Wells | $3,000 | Large hail up to 2 inches in diameter broke windshields in Reagan Wells. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reagan Wells | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that knocked down several trees and damaged the roof of a mobile home. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Reagan Wells | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing RM 1051 at the confluence of Brushy Creek and the Dry Frio River near Reagan Wells. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Reagan Wells | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail at Garner State Park. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Reagan Wells | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing FM 1051 at the Dry Frio River crossing. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Reagan Wells | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding sending the Frio River out of its banks at Garner State Park. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Reagan Wells | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM1051 northwest of Hwy 83. FM55 was also closed near Montell Creek. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Reagan Wells | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing low water crossings on FM 1051 west of Concan, on FM 187 north of Sabinal, and on State Hwy 127 northwest of Sabinal. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Reagan Wells | - | Farm to market road 1050 was closed due to high water near Garner State Park. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reagan Wells | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph and pea size hail. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reagan Wells | - | The public reported a wind gust of 60 mph north of Regan Wells. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Reagan Wells | - | Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fells around Reagan Wells, about 5 miles northwest of Concan. Flash flooding developed that closed SH127 and FM1051. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Reagan Wells | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Reagan Wells | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Reagan Wells | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Reagan Wells | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Reagan Wells | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Reagan Wells | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magers Crossing | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Third Crossing | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Happy Hollow | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Concan | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| First Crossing | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Second Crossing | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Montell | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Laguna | 12.2 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540738 | 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 1344871. 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.