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Sinton, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sinton-Odem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78387. The Survey maps it on the Sinton West quadrangle. 5,504 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 49 feet above sea level.

Sinton within San Patricio County

Population over time

2 figures

Sinton fell from 5,665 to 5,504 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
20105,665
20205,504-161 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Sinton between 2008 and 2020, burning about 794 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
15 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service188
13 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use400 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOTTON
19 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service187
10 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresTexas A & M Forest Service138
28 January 2008Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 January 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined96 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAINT PAUL 798
14 January 2018Misuse of fire by a minor25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS AND STRUCTURE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Patricio County

Storms near this place

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sinton in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 6 hail, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010Flash FloodSinton$3,030,000Flooding across the entire county caused damage to roads and infrastructure. Flooding also damaged a hotel in Aransas Pass with 23 rooms receiving damage. A total of 78 homes were flooded in the cities of Sinton, Ingleside, and Aransas Pass. Sixteen residents in Sinton were evacuated from their homes during the flooding. 17 homes and 3 business were affected by flooding in Ingleside.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindSinton$1,250,000Reports of trees and utility poles down in Sinton between Hugh and Short Streets near business 77. Time estimated from radar.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Sinton$50,000Images were submitted through social media of large trees blown down and storage sheds flipped over near West Sinton.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Sinton$10,000Wind blew down 5 power poles in the community of West Sinton.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSinton$10,000Social media report of a goat shed flipped upside down and tree limbs blown down near Sinton.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Sinton$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Farm to Market Road 796 near West Sinton.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSinton$10,000Two broken power poles on Railroad Street. A stop sign was uprooted along CR 136. Broken power poles were reported at Hwy 181 and CR 3677.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)West Sinton$10,000DPS and local emergency management confrimed a tornado formed along the leading edge of a gust front. An NWS storm survey estimated the tornado to be 25 yards wide and 100 yards in length. The survey team found EF0 damage to a home off of Highway 630, where the entire east facing side of a metal roof on a new home was blown off.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindSinton$5,000High winds blew a tree onto power lines which started a small fire in Sinton.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Sinton$4,000Several power poles were blown down along and near Highway 188.
April 2025HailSinton-Estimated 0.88; Social Media Report.
August 2022Tornado (EFU)West Sinton-The public recorded a video of a brief weak tornado in an open field near Edroy.
May 2021Flash FloodWest Sinton-Farm-to-Market Road 630 and County Road 2015 west of Sinton was closed due to flooding.
June 2020Flash FloodSinton-Report received via snapchat of street flooding in the La Paloma addition southeast of Sinton.
June 2018Flash FloodSinton-Flooding closed Highway 188 between Interstate 37 to Highway 77 in Sinton.
May 2017HailSinton-Spotter reported quarter sized hail in Sinton.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)West Sinton-NWS storm survey revealed a brief EF-0 tornado touched down in the middle of a farm field with no significant damage. The tornado occurred near the intersection of Highway 188 and County Road 29. A photo from storm spotters in the area confirmed the brief tornado.
January 2011FloodWest Sinton-Several roads in and near Sinton were impassable. Water was over the road at various locations along Highways 188 and 234 west of Sinton and Odem, respectively.
July 2008Heavy RainWest Sinton-Between 3 and 7 inches of rain fell across the southern Coastal Bend of South Texas over a two period. This rainfall was associated with rain bands from Hurricane Dolly. Unfortunately, the primary impact from the rainfall was to cotton and sorghum crops across the region. Much of the cotton crop was waiting to be harvested, and the rainfall either severaly damaged or destoyed it. At the time of this writing, estimates on agriculture losses were very rough and final figures were still pending.
July 2007Flash FloodSinton-One to two inches of rain fell during the evening, over already saturated grounds from morning rainfall. Portions of Hwy 188 east of Sinton became impassable and was closed, due to the high water.
March 2007Flash FloodSinton-Some city streets were reported flooded in Sinton.|
July 2006Tornado (F0)Sinton-Tornado was brief and remained over open county, between CR 28 and FM 188.
November 2003Flash FloodSinton-C.R. 82 between F.M. 2046 and U.S. 77 flooded.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindSinton-Wind Damage...Two New grainelevators destroyed. Power poles snapped in halfed. Widespread trees and signs down. Roofs blown off trailers.
March 2000Flash FloodSinton-Most of San Patricio County received at least 3 inches of rain with isolated amouts greater than 6 inches. This closed SR-188 from Sinton to IH-37 for several hours.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindSinton-Strong winds generated from a thunderstorm outflow boundary resulted in several reports of wind damage and power outages from downed trees.
May 1993HailSinton-The Sheriff's Office reported walnut-size hail in Sinton.
May 1993HailSinton-Nickel to dime-size hail was reported in Sinton by the Sheriff's Office. Dime-size hail was later reported in Portland. Wind gusts to 73 MPH were reported at the Reynolds plant in Ingleside.
May 2006HailSinton-no account filed
August 2002Flash FloodSinton-no account filed
October 1998Flash FloodSinton-no account filed
May 1996HailSinton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Patricio 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.

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 SintonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979844The 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 1347172. 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.