Saragosa, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Balmorhea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79718. The Survey maps it on the Saragosa quadrangle. It stands 3,005 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1921 USGS Toyah quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Saragosa quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Saragosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Saragosa between 2008 and 2020, burning about 14 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTONWOOD |
| 1 January 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saragosa in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Saragosa | $25,000 | Reeves County officials reported extensive flash flooding along Interstate 10 near mile marker 214. Low spots along Texas Highway 17 were inundated by flood waters between Saragosa and the interstate. Both east and west-bound service roads also were flooded. High water threatened a Fina Gas Station near the intersection of Texas Highway 17 and Interstate 10. Up to three feet of water flowed through the business's parking lot. The Texas Department of Transportation deployed sandbags around the structure to protect it from the flood waters. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragosa | $2,000 | The storms then exited the mountains, weakened but still had a downburst during its collapse that blew a satellite dish into a car's windshield. The windshield was smashed and also there was minor roof damage to a house in the area due to the wind. No rain fell during the event, but dust was raised that brought the visibility to near "zero". |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Saragosa | - | County Road 310 was closed from Highway 17 to County Road 309 due to flash flooding. The total time of occurrence was estimated from radar. No damage was reported. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Saragosa | - | Landspout: A photo of an apparent landspout tornado near Saragosa was shared on social media. Location and time were estimated by radar. Path length and width were estimated. There was no reported damage with this landspout. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Saragosa | - | Golf ball size hail covering I-10 at mile marker 221. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Saragosa | - | Quarter size hail was covering 25 percent of the road and melting, but passable. Hail was roughly 2 inches deep in a few locations. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saragosa | - | Severe thunderstorm winds stripped large branches out of trees in Saragosa. |
| September 2004 | Hail | Saragosa | - | A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper reported penny to quarter size hail and "high" winds from the intersection of Interstate 10 and Texas Highway 17 north to Saragosa. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Saragosa | - | The public reported penny size hail falling at a gas station along Interstate 10 for fifteen minutes. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Saragosa | - | Storm formed in the Davis Mountains and moved to the east. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Saragosa | - | Storm formed in the Davis Moutains as well and moved over the same area. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Saragosa | - | Single cell storm crossed the Davis Mountains and was briefly severe near Saragosa. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Saragosa | - | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Hail | Saragosa | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Saragosa | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Saragosa | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Saragosa | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Saragosa | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Saragosa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balmorhea | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pueblo Vitoria | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Verhalen | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Toyahvale | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Collier | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cuatro Caminos | 12.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hoban | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gozar | 19.3 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 Saragosa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7421990 | 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 1367768. 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.





