Von Ormy, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the San Antonio South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78073. It stands on Live Oak Slough. The Survey maps it on the Macdona quadrangle. 1,174 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
On record in Von Ormy
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 2 records
- Heermann Storelisted 2023
- Herrera Ranchlisted 2010
Population over time
2 figuresVon Ormy grew from 1,085 to 1,174 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,085 | |
| 2020 | 1,174 | +89 (+8%) |
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 Macdona quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Macdona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Macdona quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
145 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Von Ormy between 2005 and 2011, burning about 633 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PEARSALL RD |
| 4 September 2006 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEVENS RD |
| 12 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SENIOR RD & SOMERSET RD |
| 25 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S. LOOP 1604 W |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | K STREET |
| 18 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BENTON CITY RD & 35 S |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Von Ormy: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fm 1604 Quarry & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| 1604 E. Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Medina Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Von Ormy in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 5 tornado, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Von Ormy | $500,000 | Tornado number one, an F0 on the Fujita Scale, formed near 715 pm at the intersection of Greenwood Road and Gridley Road. It moved toward the southeast for one mile, then dissipated. The path width was 20 yards. It damaged roofs and walls of mobile homes and houses, took large limbs off trees, and showed a great variation in direction in how it tossed the debris. It dissipated at 717 pm. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Von Ormy | $500,000 | Tornado number two, also an F0, formed near 717 pm at the intersection of Jarrett Road and Gridley Road. It also tracked toward the southeast, dissipating after one-half mile. Its path width was also estimated at 20 yards. It damaged roofs of mobile homes and houses, and damaged trees in the area. Debris was again tossed in several directions. This tornado dissipated at 719 pm. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Von Ormy | $500,000 | Tornado number three, an F1 on the Fujita Scale, also formed around 717 pm at the intersection of Ess Road and Jarrett Road. It moved toward the southeast, dissipating after one-half mile. Its path width was estimated at 20 yards. It destroyed a mobile home, damaged others and also damaged trees in the area. This tornado dissipated near 719 pm. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Von Ormy | $500,000 | Tornado number four, another F1, formed 1 mile east of the intersection of Ess road and Jarrett Road around 719 pm. It moved toward the southeast, dissipating after one mile. Its path width was estimated at 50 yards. It struck three mobile homes that had been tied end-to-end and severely damaged all three. It left them twisted into the shape of a letter 'U.' With no other structures in the area, the remainder of its damage was to trees. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Von Ormy | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged several houses, a silo, and overturned an 18 wheeler truck. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Von Ormy | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that overturned a large fifth wheel travel trailer. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Von Ormy | - | A storm chaser reported quarter size hail 3 miles southwest of Lackland AFB. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Von Ormy | - | A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. Highest rain amounts in Bexar County were 5 inches near St. Hedwig. Numerous roads were closed, including Pinn Road at FM151, Old Seguin Road at Salado Creek, Weidner Road, and O'Connor Road at Lookout. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Von Ormy | - | Rainfall between 2 and 3 inches in 2 hours in southwest Bexar County caused flash flooding that closed FM327 and Stuart Road. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Von Ormy | - | Skywarn-trained Amateur Radio Operators observed a small tornado that dropped into an open area. The tornado was about 20 yards wide and continued over the ground for less than a quarter mile. It caused no damage and was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Von Ormy | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mann Crossing | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Garza Crossing | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Macdona | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Somerset | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Atascosa | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Heafer | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bexar | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Palo Alto Heights | 5.5 miles | 13 |
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 Von Ormy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q976134 | 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 1370682. 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.





