Reedville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Martindale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78656. The Survey maps it on the Uhland quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Uhland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Reedville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,732 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAM PETUS/21 |
| 23 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 142 |
| 23 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THIRD ST |
| 6 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COW TRAIL FIRE |
| 15 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Reedville: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cummings | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Thompson Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reedville in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedville | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that broke power poles and knocked down power lines in Martindale. |
| October 2013 | Lightning | Reedville | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced a lightning strike that caused a structural fire. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedville | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down some six inch diameter tree limbs. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Martindale. The hail dented some cars and shredded leaves. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 53 kts by the AWOS at San Marcos Regional Airport. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Reedville. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Martindale. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 51 kts by the AWOS at San Marcos Regional Airport. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced 1.5 inch diameter hail near the San Marcos Regional Airport. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel to ping pong ball size hail in Martindale. The report was from a former NWS employee. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced a measured wind gust of 53 kts. at the San Marcos Municipal Airport. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail in Martindale. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedville | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 56 kts. by the AWOS at San Marcos Regional Airport. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Reedville | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding requiring water rescues near the Gary Job Corps Center. |
| October 2013 | Flood | Reedville | - | After a night of heavy rain, runoff into the San Marcos River sent a flood wave downstream. Below San Marcos there was flooding at the Pecan Park Campground. Farther downstream the river sent water over FM1979 closing the road, and there was a swift water rescue at FM 1977 near Staples. There were 21 homes destroyed across Caldwell County, 20 of which were mobile homes. Most of the homes that were damaged and destroyed were uninsured. |
| December 2008 | Hail | Reedville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martindale | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Maxwell | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Uhland | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fentress | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lockhart | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Niederwald | 10.9 miles | 18 | |
| Prairie Lea | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral Springs (historical) | 11.4 miles | 15 |
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 Reedville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851298 | 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 1345006. 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.





