Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
“The River Oaks Courts, located at 14349 TX 16 in Medina, Texas, United States, were added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 2019.”
Wikipedia article River Oaks Courts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Bandera County · listed in 2019 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of River Oaks Courts between 2007 and 2010, burning about 850 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 March 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOFFETT |
| 21 February 2010 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KROLY ROAD FIRE |
| 15 October 2009 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLSIDE IN MEDINA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medina, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 23 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Medina | $100,000 | Extremely heavy rainfall was reported from eastern Bandera County into northern Medina County. Most parts of eastern Bandera County reported 3 to 4 inches of rain, but the highest amount was in Bandera where up to 8 inches fell. Flash flooding was both widespread and severe, closing SH16, SH173, FM1283 and FM470. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Medina | $10,000 | Thunderstorms produced 2 to 3 inch totals from Leakey in Real County eastward to Medina and Vanderpool in Bandera County. Highest totals in Bandera County were 5 inches at Vanderpool. FM187 and FM337 were closed to high water, with severe flooding along FM187. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medina | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down some tree limbs and small poles in Medina. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of golf balls in Medina. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail between Medina and Bandera. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced dime to golf ball size hail in Medina. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail in Medina. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch diameter hail in Medina. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Medina. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch diameter hail in Medina. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Medina. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in rural Bandera County between Medina and Center Point. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch hail that broke a sky light in a house. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Medina | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding sending water from the Medina River over Patterson Ave. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Medina | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Flood waters, filled with debris, closed numerous roads in Medina. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Medina | - | A thunderstorm produced three quarter to one inch hail which covered the ground. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Medina | - | Scattered thunderstorms over Bandera, Real and Uvalde Counties produced from 3 to 4 inches of rain, causing flash flooding of SH16 at FM2107 northwest of Medina. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| January 2017 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Medina | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Medina | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100003354 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Bandera County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
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