Universal City, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78148. The Survey maps it on the Schertz quadrangle. 19,720 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
On record in Universal City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Base Administration Buildinglisted 1987 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresUniversal City grew from 14,849 to 19,720 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,849 | |
| 2010 | 18,530 | +3,681 (+25%) |
| 2020 | 19,720 | +1,190 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Schertz quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Schertz quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Schertz quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
195 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Universal City between 2006 and 2016, burning about 1,043 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 143 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CBFD1100798 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SZFD111324 |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SZFD111302 |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SZFD121381 |
| 12 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5890 FM 1516 |
| 11 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Universal City: 10 producers, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Converse | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Judson Road Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Beck Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Beck Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cibola Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Gem Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Gem Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schaffer Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shaefer Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Universal City in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Universal City | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 58 kts by the ASOS at Randolph AFB. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Universal City | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in Schertz. Flooding closed Lower Seguin Rd. at Weir Rd. at Cibolo Creek. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Universal City | - | A thunderstorm produced a measured wind gust of 51 kts. at Randolph AFB in Universal City. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Universal City | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 55 kts. by the ASOS at Randolph AFB (KRND). |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Universal City | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 55 kts. by the ASOS at Randolph AFB (KRND). This was the second peak wind at Randolph. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Universal City | - | Wind gusts to 75 MPH were recorded at Randolph Air Force Base. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Universal City | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Universal City | - | 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.
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 Universal City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q979770 | 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 1349101. 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.






