Waring, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Comfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78074. It lies near Coffee Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Waring quadrangle. It stands 1,345 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Comfort quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Waring quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Waring between 2006 and 2020, burning about 500 acres in total. 1 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 609 FM 289 |
| 30 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 473 BRUSH OUT |
| 3 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 289 TRUCK/GRASS SPREAD |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 10 WB 528 MM |
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POEHNERT RD |
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1621 BURN PILE |
| 16 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1621 ELECTRICAL FIRE |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MESQUITE ASH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waring in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waring | 1 hurt, $50,000 | The east-west oriented line of thunderstorms associated with the cold front continued to move southward through Blanco County. As it moved into the southern part of the county, it produced a downburst between Warning and Sisterdale that knocked over many trees. One person was injured when struck by debris. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waring | $20,000 | Thunderstorms produced strong winds which blew down trees and damaged some roofs. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waring | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph which knocked down several trees. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Waring | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing multiple low water crossings in and around Waring. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Waring | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Waring | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welfare | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sisterdale | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Nelson City | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Comfort | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Walnut Grove | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ammans Crossing | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kreutzberg | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Boerne | 11.4 miles | 12 |
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 Waring | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7969433 | 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 1349492. 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.





