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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.

Universal City within Bexar County

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.

Population over time

3 figures

Universal 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.

YearPeople Change
200014,849
201018,530+3,681 (+25%)
202019,720+1,190 (+6%)

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

195 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined143
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism2
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
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
11 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service5890 FM 1516
11 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 Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ConverseClayUnknown
Judson Road Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
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

Every working recorded in Bexar County

Storms near this place

8 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Thunderstorm WindUniversal City-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 58 kts by the ASOS at Randolph AFB.
September 2021Flash FloodUniversal City-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in Schertz. Flooding closed Lower Seguin Rd. at Weir Rd. at Cibolo Creek.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindUniversal City-A thunderstorm produced a measured wind gust of 51 kts. at Randolph AFB in Universal City.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindUniversal City-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 55 kts. by the ASOS at Randolph AFB (KRND).
June 2019Thunderstorm WindUniversal 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 1993Thunderstorm WindUniversal City-Wind gusts to 75 MPH were recorded at Randolph Air Force Base.
May 2006HailUniversal City-no account filed
April 2005HailUniversal City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bexar 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
Airport City1.2 miles11
Converse2.5 miles11
Selma2.6 miles11
Live Oak2.7 miles11
Luxello3.9 miles11
Windcrest5.2 miles14
Fratt6.0 miles14
Longhorn6.0 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 Universal CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979770The 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.