Southton, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78223. It stands on Salado Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Southton quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Southton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Southton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Southton between 1994 and 2018, burning about 130 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | San Antonio Missions National Historic Park | ESPADA DAM FIRE |
| 9 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | San Antonio Missions National Historic Park | SAN JUAN |
| 27 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Antonio Missions National Historic Park | ESPADA ACEQUIA |
| 22 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 16 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Antonio Missions National Historic Park | SAN JUAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Southton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrego Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
8 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southton in 8 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Southton | 1 killed | On Monday May 18th around 8:50 AM, a woman died in her Honda SUV after her vehicle was swept off a flooded road and lodged underneath a small bridge on the other side of the highway. This happened on the southwest side of San Antonio along the I-35 frontage road near Cassin Road. The vehicle drove around a barricade onto the flooded access road which was at least 2-3 feet underwater. Her body was recovered around 5 pm after flood waters receded. Many roads and low water crossings remained flooded across San Antonio due to heavy rains that occurred early Sunday morning, the previous day. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southton | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down a small tree and some tree branches in southwestern San Antonio. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Southton | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near Loop 1604 and Hwy 16 in southwestern San Antonio. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Southton | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding leading to a high water rescue at the I-35 Frontage Road and Palo Alto Rd. in southwestern San Antonio. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Southton | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding leading to a high water rescue at 12280 Hwy 16 in southeastern San Antonio. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southton | - | The Toyota manufacturing plant sustained major damage to several buildings. Unconfirmed microburst winds of an estimated 75 mph moved east across the facility grounds around midnight. Cost estimates of damage are unknown but water damage and wind damage to the plant was significant. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southton | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew down several trees near the Medina River Natural Area. This storm also produced golf ball size hail. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Southton | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts that blew down several trees near the Medina River Natural Area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Buena Vista | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bergs Mill | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Earle | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cassin | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Losoya | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Elmendorf | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Boldtville | 5.6 miles | 11 |
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 Southton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113634996 | 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 1368846. 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.





