Woodsboro, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Woodsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78393. The Survey maps it on the Woodsboro quadrangle. 1,319 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 41 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWoodsboro fell from 1,512 to 1,319 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 | 1,512 | |
| 2020 | 1,319 | -193 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Woodsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Woodsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Woodsboro between 2008 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH OF DAIRY QUEEN |
| 11 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH |
| 19 February 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COPELAND RD AND REED ST |
| 13 February 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARKER |
| 15 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 77 GRASS FIRE |
| 24 October 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 77N |
| 22 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARKET136 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodsboro in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 flash flood, 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodsboro | $100,000 | Tornado touched down near the Woodsboro Farm Co-op damaging the ladder caging on one bin. The tornado moved east-southeast taking down power lines and damaging the roofs of several homes. One roof was completely removed from a mobile home. Minor tree damage was noted along the path length. Damage occurred to another mobile home near the high school before the tornado lifted. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Woodsboro | $10,000 | Refugio County Sheriff received a call of golf ball sized hail falling in Woodsboro. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsboro | $500 | Large tree was uprooted at Hwy 136 and 3rd Street. A 59 mph wind gust was also measured from a nearby home weather station. Pea sized hail was also reported. |
| September 2025 | Heavy Rain | Woodsboro | - | Total of 3.15 inches. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Woodsboro | - | Spotter reported hail from quarter to ping pong ball size in Woodsboro. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Woodsboro | - | Flooded roads reported in and around Refugio, including Quinn Road. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Woodsboro | - | Texas Department of Transportation reported water over the highway on Farm to Market Road 629 between Farm to Market Roads 136 and 1360. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Woodsboro | - | FM 1360 closed southeast of Woodsboro due to flooding. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Woodsboro | - | High water closed FM 629 from FM 136 to FM 3037 southeast of Woodsboro. |
| January 2010 | Flood | Woodsboro | - | Low water crossings were flooded with water over the roadway along FM 1360. FM 629 was closed from FM 3037 and FM 136 due to water over the road. Flooding of these roads, creeks, and lowland fields were observed several hours after the heavy rainfall had ended. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Woodsboro | - | Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding along a creek, closing FM 629 between FM 3037 and FM 136 due to water flowing over the road from the creek. |
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodsboro | - | Sheriff reported a tornado briefly touched down at the intersection of Locke Street and Kasten Avenue in Woodsboro. No damage reported. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Woodsboro | - | Golf-ball sized hail damaged windshield of Sheriff Officer's vehicle. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Woodsboro | - | Several roads in Woodsboro experienced flooding. Radar estimated 3 to 5 inches of rain fell along and west of U.S. 77, across the west-central portion of the county, including the city of Woodsboro. See episode narrative below for additional rainfall totals. |
| March 2003 | Flash Flood | Woodsboro | - | Flooding on State Highway 1360. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsboro | - | Wind damage...TRaffic lightblown down by wind. Reported by Sheriffs office. |
| March 2000 | Flash Flood | Woodsboro | - | Twelve inches of rain fell over southern Refugio County, causing the closure of FM 1360 from Woodsboro to Bayside. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Woodsboro | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Woodsboro | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Woodsboro | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Woodsboro | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Woodsboro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie View | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Refugio | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cranell | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Black Point (historical) | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Old Saint Marys | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bayside | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ryanville | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Quintana | 11.9 miles | 9 |
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 Woodsboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975991 | 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 1350565. 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.





