San Diego, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78384. It stands on Rosita Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Diego quadrangle. 3,748 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 308 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSan Diego fell from 4,488 to 3,748 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 | 4,488 | |
| 2020 | 3,748 | -740 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1920 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Alice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of San Diego between 2005 and 2016, burning about 286 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 346 CR. 147 |
| 25 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PEREZ FIRE |
| 25 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN JOSE FIRE |
| 24 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18 C.R. 150 / PLOT 2/3 FIRE |
| 1 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 529 WEST SAN DIEGO |
| 23 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 237 CR.147 |
| 18 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR.156 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Diego in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | $25,000 | Damage within San Diego primarily consisted of broken tree limbs and branches with uplift of tin roofing materials occurring at two non-residential buildings. A car port was also blown over at the Duval County Central Appraisal District. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | $25,000 | Wind caused damage to a roof at a park. A fence at a tennis court was damaged. A brick wall collapsed at a museum. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down in San Diego. One tree was blown down on to power lines. A trampoline was flung across a yard. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | $15,000 | Roof was blown off a shed onto County Road 103. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | $10,000 | Power lines were blown down near San Diego. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | $10,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down a tin metal roofing was blown off of the San Diego High School bus barn. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | $5,000 | Numerous large trees uprooted through the city of San Diego. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | $5,000 | An NWS storm survey observed roughly a dozen power poles broken, as well as large branches of mesquite trees down, along a 4 to 5 width of Highway 359 between San Diego and Benavides. All the power poles were blown down towards the southeast suggesting straight line wind damage. Winds were estimated between 80 and 100 mph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | - | Photos received on social media of a collapsed metal building structure. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | - | Video recording of metal shed/garage blown over with damage to farming equipment/vehicles. Time estimated off radar. Estimated 70 mph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | - | Carport had collapsed with metal roofing partially removed. Fascia material blown from Service Station Canopy (SSC). |
| November 2025 | Hail | San Diego | - | Hail size was estimated. |
| May 2024 | Hail | San Diego | - | Multiple photos and reports of quarter size hail in San Diego. |
| May 2023 | Hail | San Diego | - | Public relayed a report of large hail through Facebook. Hail up to the size of limes fell near County Road 303 and Highway 44. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | San Diego | - | Report received through Facebook of 6 inches of rainfall caused flooding of roads around San Diego. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | San Diego | - | Multiple roads around San Diego had water covering the roadways. |
| April 2015 | Funnel Cloud | San Diego | - | Storm chaser provided video showing a funnel cloud extending more than half way to the ground for several minutes as the storm passed just north of San Diego. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | San Diego | - | Several streets were flooded within the city of San Diego. |
| September 2010 | Flood | San Diego | - | Water over the road on State Highway 44 near San Diego. |
| April 2009 | Hail | San Diego | - | Nickle size hail reported for 20 minutes in San Diego. |
| February 2008 | Hail | San Diego | - | Lots of pea size hail fell, in adddition to a few large hail stones. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | - | Trailer lifted off blocks by wind and damaged. Wind gust magnitude and time are rough estimates. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | San Diego | - | Heavy rainfall left most city streets impassable, with two feet of water covering many of them. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | San Diego | - | This tornado formed approximately 8 miles north of Alice in Jim Wells County and entered Duval County, according to law enforcement reports and radar data, approximately 11 miles north of San Diego. The tornado continued northwest for roughly another 2 miles before finally dissipating. Damage with this tornado across Duval County was limited to trees and vegetation. This tornado formed in the outer rainbands of Hurricane Emily. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | - | Golfball size hail |
| February 1998 | Tornado (F0) | San Diego | - | Department of Public Safety report of a tornado. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Diego | - | Skywarn spotter report of several large trees uprooted by thunderstorm wind and torrential downpours. |
| December 1995 | Hail | San Diego | - | Sheriff's department and public report hail. |
| April 2006 | Hail | San Diego | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | San Diego | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Hail | San Diego | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | San Diego | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | San Diego | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Flash Flood | San Diego | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | San Diego | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Road 111 Colonia | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Mi Tierra Colonia | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cadena Colonia | 0.8 miles | 7 | |
| North Buena Vista Colonia | 1.4 miles | 7 | |
| Buena Vista Colonia | 1.5 miles | 7 | |
| La Masa Road Colonia | 1.8 miles | 7 | |
| Four A's Colonia | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Rosita | 10.3 miles | 8 |
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 San Diego | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q979834 | 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 1346324. 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.



