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Schertz, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Schertz-Cibolo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78154. It stands on Dietz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schertz quadrangle. 42,002 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.

Schertz within Guadalupe County

Population over time

2 figures

Schertz grew from 31,465 to 42,002 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.

YearPeople Change
201031,465
202042,002+10,537 (+33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

148 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Schertz between 2006 and 2018, burning about 407 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined112
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCBFD1100798
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111324
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111302
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEIDERSTEIN FIRE
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD121381
12 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Guadalupe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Schertz: 9 producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ConverseClayUnknown
Beck Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beck Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cibola PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Gem Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Gem Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schaffer Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shaefer Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Guadalupe County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schertz in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2000Thunderstorm WindSchertz$80,000Widespread wind damage was reported to trees and homes between Schertz and Seguin.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindSchertz$25,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged fences and carports near Samuel Clemens High School in Schertz.
June 2025Flash FloodSchertz-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. One of our broadcast partners showed a photo of cars submerged on the main lanes of southbound I-35 at FM 3009.
June 2023HailSchertz-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Schertz.
June 2023HailSchertz-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Selma.
June 2023HailSchertz-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail near Schertz Pkwy and I-35.
April 2022HailSchertz-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Schertz.
March 2022HailSchertz-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Schertz.
April 2018HailSchertz-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Schertz.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindSchertz-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down a large highway sign on I-35 at Schertz Pkwy.
January 2012Funnel CloudSchertz-A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud near Selma.
March 2000HailSchertz-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Guadalupe 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cibolo2.4 miles14
Haeckerville2.9 miles14
Northcliff5.3 miles14
Marion7.0 miles14
Zuehl7.2 miles10
Santa Clara8.3 miles14
New Berlin10.8 miles9
Hilda Siding10.8 miles14

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 SchertzAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q974055The 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 1346761. 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.