San Jose, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Benavides census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78332. The Survey maps it on the San Jose quadrangle.

San Jose within Duval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1956 USGS Benavides quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1968 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Alice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of San Jose between 2006 and 2011, burning about 554 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	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3

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
2 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	SAN JOSE FIRE
30 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
15 March 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LAST PATROL
4 February 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 206
15 February 2011	Debris and open burning	500 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 209
22 November 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 407

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Jose in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
October 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	San Jose	1 hurt, $150,000	An NWS storm survey concluded straight line winds severely damaged roughly 15 homes, a community center and church. Nearly all the damage was observed on the northwest sides of the structres with debris scattered to the southeast. Two mobile home were completely destoyed, with one man injured that was inside one of the mobile homes. The two mobile homes that were completly destroyed were oriented north-northeast to south-southwest, perpendicular to the northwest to southeast straight-line winds observed on radar. The damage from the two mobile homes was thrown to the southeast roughly 20 yards. In addition numerous large trees and power poles were uprooted and broken, all lying to the southeast direction. Several vehicles were also damaged by the uprooted trees and debris from homes. Winds were estimated between 80 and 100 mph.
October 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	San Jose	$40,000	An NWS storm survey observed straight-line wind damage along a 4 to 5 mile path from the intersection of FM 1329 and FM 2295 southward. Numerous large limbs on mesquite trees had been snapped as well as power lines and poles blown down. An empty grain silo was also destoyed and a newly framed house was blown of its foundation. All damage was lying towards the southeast direction. Winds were estimated between 80 and 100 mph.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	San Jose	$10,000	Law enforcement reported a carport was blown into a home outside of Benavides.
July 2023	Flash Flood	San Jose	-	Public reports were received of high water covering the roads south of San Diego.
October 2005	Hail	San Jose	-	Quarter size hail was 4 to 6 inches deep in San Jose. Nearly 20 hours later drifts of dime size hail was observed still to be on the ground by an NWS storm survey team.
April 2004	Hail	San Jose	-	Baseball-sized hail was reported by law enforcement on F.M. 2295, along the Duval and Jim Wells county line. Hail was reportedly as much as foot deep on the ground.
April 2004	Hail	San Jose	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Duval County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Benavides	5.5 miles	8
Mario Olga Colonia	6.0 miles	8
Rios	9.4 miles	7
Vera Cruz	10.0 miles	7
La Masa Road Colonia	11.3 miles	7
Buena Vista Colonia	11.5 miles	7
North Buena Vista Colonia	11.5 miles	7
County Road 111 Colonia	12.4 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1346376. 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.