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Schroeder, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weesatche-Ander census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77963. The Survey maps it on the Schroeder quadrangle.

Schroeder within Goliad County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

97 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Schroeder between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4,075 acres in total. 4 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 burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOLETOVILLE RD #2
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresTexas A & M Forest Service09042011-LEROY SCHNEIDER
27 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceORT ROAD FIRE
24 September 2014Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELLIOT 9/24/14
15 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service601 ARNOLD ROAD
11 September 2014Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service032-14
8 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16-11
8 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7000 BLOCK OF FM 622

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Goliad County

Storms near this place

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schroeder in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 8 hail, 4 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
March 2016Thunderstorm WindSchroeder$50,000An internet tower 150 feet tall collapsed on a house along Bego Road.
May 2015HailSchroeder$10,000Quarter sized hail fell for approximately 10 minutes at Schroeder.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSchroeder$5,000Power lines were blown down in Schroeder.
June 2017HailSchroeder$5,000Quarter to half dollar sized hail occurred near Schroeder.
June 2025Heavy RainSchroeder-Total rainfall accumulation of 5.34 inches.
November 2025HailSchroeder-Received video from public. Location and size estimated via radar.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindSchroeder-A tree was blown down across Farm to Market Road 622 near Schroeder.
March 2007HailSchroeder-Golf ball sized hail was reported in Schroeder.|
December 2002HailSchroeder-Dime sized hail reported by spotter on County Road 622.
December 1997Funnel CloudSchroeder-Sheriff report of a funnel cloud.
September 1997Flash FloodSchroeder-Several reports of flooded roadways.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindSchroeder-The Goliad Sheriff's Office reported several trees damaged in Schroder. Approximately five minutes later the Department of Public safety reported baseball-size hail at the intersection of Highway 183 and FM 119.
May 1997HailSchroeder-no account filed
June 1996HailSchroeder-no account filed
June 1996HailSchroeder-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Goliad 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
Kilgore5.0 miles7
Ander6.9 miles7
Cologne7.9 miles7
Fannin8.3 miles7
Weser8.3 miles7
Scurlock10.4 miles7
Weesatche12.1 miles7
Goliad13.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1367856. 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.