San Geronimo, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78023. It lies near Anton Hollow. The Survey maps it on the San Geronimo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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
- 1956 USGS Medina Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS San Geronimo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of San Geronimo between 2006 and 2017, burning about 122 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 2801 E |
| 12 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20171671 |
| 3 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 16 |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEPEDA |
| 1 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20170775 |
| 25 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRICEWOOD TREE FIRE |
| 8 October 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 October 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of San Geronimo: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helotes Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Helotes Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Geronimo in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | San Geronimo | - | A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail northwest of Government Canyon State Natural Area. |
| November 2024 | Flash Flood | San Geronimo | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Haby Ln. and Bandera Rd. along San Geronimo Creek. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | San Geronimo | - | Several road closures were reported across the city of San Antonio. Road closures included Stahl Road, Shannon Lee Road, Leslie Road, Hausmann Road South, and Contour Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Forest | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Helotes | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Mountain | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Scenic Oaks | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Leon Springs | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dominion | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Beckmann | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Van Raub | 10.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1346349. 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.





