Uvalde Downtown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

From the record

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Uvalde County · listed in 2019 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Centered around jct. of US 90 & US 83, roughly bounded by School Ln., Hornby Pl., 2nd Alley & High St., Uvalde, 78801
When was it listed? May 2019
Category. district
Census division. Uvalde
National Register reference number. 100004009 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

147 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Uvalde Downtown Historic District between 2006 and 2015, burning about 521 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	97
Smoking	26
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
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
23 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
22 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
2 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
15 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
15 September 2006	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
12 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
6 August 2006	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
21 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Uvalde County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Uvalde Downtown Historic District: 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Alamo Ready Mix Concrete Operation	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ange Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Occurrence
Ballard and Hale Operation	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Uvalde County

Storms near this property

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uvalde, the town this property stands in, in 75 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 36 hail, 17 flash flood, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$2,000,000	During the late evening, a severe thunderstorm struck just south of the Uvalde downtown area. The damage began five miles southwest of Uvalde and continued south of the town to 7 miles east of the Uvalde airport. The most widespread of the damage was southwest of the city in the Uvalde estates area. Nearly all debris was reported by emergency management to have blown toward the east in an area approximately 3 miles wide and 5 miles long. Damage in this area included damage to about 100 homes and mobile homes. Many of the mobile homes were overturned or rolled and destroyed, with some of the damage occurring while occupants were still inside their mobile homes. Scores of roofs were damaged or destroyed and hundreds of trees were knocked over, with pieces of sheet metal, aluminum, tree branches and broken glass everywhere. Miraculously, there were no deaths and no serious injuries. The type of damage and the fact that nearly all the debris was blown toward the east indicates that nearly all of this damage was due to severe thunderstorm winds. Wind speeds in this event were estimated to be between 80 and 90 mph. This wind damage became spotty as the storm continued eastward...moving just south of the Uvalde downtown area.
March 2006	Tornado (F2)	Uvalde	$1,500,000	The most severe level of damage was located approximately 5 miles to the east of the Uvalde airport along Agape Road. This was due to a combination of both severe thunderstorm winds and a strong tornado. The wind damage, which had ended just south of Uvalde, once again was observed beginning just west of the Agape area by the team. The damage continued toward the east nearly one quarter mile to the Agape compound. Roof damage was noted at the first buildings, along with widespread damage to trees. Continuing to the east, the team found a mobile home that had been completely destroyed with the debris deposited about 30 yards to the south. This was the first time damage had been thrown in any direction except to the east and is believed to be just east of the starting point of the tornado. About 50 yards further to the east, an asphalt road was observed to have chunks of the topping removed and tossed toward the southeast. Very nearby, a large three-story concrete and steel-beam gymnasium valued at one million dollars had been gutted by the storm. The windward, west side was not blown inward as would have occurred with severe thunderstorm winds. Instead, it was pulled outward. A 40-foot steel beam had been bolted in a dozen different places to the building. The beam was pulled from the building and thrown back 15 feet to the northwest. Although many of the supporting steel beams held, several were pulled away and tossed. Concrete blocks, filled solid with concrete in their construction, had been ripped out of the building and lay tossed and strewn over the area. Much of the wall structure was destroyed. Pieces of sheet metal were strewn to the east and southeast for nearly one half mile. Additional damage to vegetation stretched for another 2 miles east of the gymnasium. Some of this damage was clearly due to severe thunderstorm winds and some of the damage was due to the tornado. Based on the level of damage of the mobile home and the gymnasium, the tornado was rated F2. The path width was estimated at 50 yards and the path length was estimated at 2 miles. From the reports available, it is thought the tornado developed about 1020 pm CST and dissipated around 1025 pm CST. It is the strongest tornado in South Central Texas since the evening of October 12, 2001, when an F3 tornado struck Stonewall, and an F2 tornado struck Hondo.
March 2002	Hail	Uvalde	$250,000	Large hail, propelled by high winds, caused widespread damage to roofs and glass in the east part of the county.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$100,000	A severe thunderstorm downburst partially collapsed a dormitory roof at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde. Emergency personnel reported trees uprooted and branches scattered around the city after the thunderstorm ended.
February 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$40,000	Severe thunderstorm winds struck near Uvalde, destroying two mobile homes and knocking down several trees and utility poles.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$30,000	A severe downburst knocked over numerous large tree limbs. The wind also knocked out power lines in the Uvalde area.
September 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$30,000	no account filed
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$10,000	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a tree in Uvalde. The tree fell onto a house at Garden St. and High St. and caused the roof to collapse.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$10,000	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down tree limbs and power lines in Uvalde.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	North Uvalde	$10,000	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that snapped six power poles and downed large trees.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$10,000	A brief downburst blew down tree limbs and knocked over trees near Uvalde.
February 2000	Hail	Uvalde	$10,000	no account filed
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$10,000	no account filed
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	$5,000	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph knocking down power lines across Hwy 83 south of Uvalde.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Uvalde	$5,000	no account filed
April 2025	Hail	North Uvalde	$2,000	A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball to golf ball size hail north of Uvalde. The hail broke several windows in a house.
July 2012	Hail	Uvalde	$2,000	A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail that broke windows at the Uvalde Memorial Hospital.
May 2025	Hail	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail in Uvalde.
April 2025	Hail	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar size hail in Uvalde.
April 2023	Hail	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Uvalde.
May 2022	Hail	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Uvalde.
May 2021	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There were a number of streets closed in Uvalde including FM 3447 and FM 2369.
April 2021	Hail	North Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail northwest of Uvalde.
April 2021	Hail	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Uvalde.
May 2020	Hail	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Uvalde. This hail was reported on MPing.
May 2020	Hail	North Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced two inch hail on Hwy 90 west of Uvalde.
June 2019	Flash Flood	North Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Hwy 55 outside Uvalde.
September 2018	Flash Flood	North Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing multiple roads around Uvalde including Hwy 55.
September 2016	Flash Flood	North Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing parts of Hwy 55 northwest of Uvalde.
March 2016	Hail	North Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced one inch hail around the Rancho Encino subdivision in Uvalde.
May 2015	Flash Flood	North Uvalde	-	Highway 55 and FM 1403 was reportedly flooded northwest of the city of Uvalde.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding requiring three water rescues in Uvalde and closing numerous roads.
October 2015	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM481 with one foot of water over the road southwest of Uvalde.
July 2014	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing a few roads in Uvalde.
June 2014	Funnel Cloud	North Uvalde	-	Several funnel clouds were spotted out of thunderstorms in Uvalde County.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 mph that downed numerous trees, power poles, damaged a grain silo north of Uvalde, overturned several train cars in Uvalde, overturned some airplanes at the Uvalde Airport, and caused power outages.
April 2014	Hail	Uvalde	-	Quarter to Golfball sized hail was reported around the City of Uvalde.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew down trees and caused power outages in Uvalde.
May 2012	Flash Flood	North Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that flooded low water crossings closing Highway 55 northwest of Uvalde to just south of the Uvalde-Real County line.
November 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph which damaged a livestock barn near Uvalde.
October 2011	Flash Flood	North Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding north of Uvalde. RM 1403 had more than two feet of water running over it.
April 2010	Hail	North Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm produced golf ball to tennis ball size hail along Highway 83 north of Uvalde.
March 2009	Hail	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm moved through the Uvalde area and produced nickel size hail.
March 2009	Hail	Uvalde	-	A thunderstorm moved through the Uvalde area and produced hail ranging from quarter to golf ball size. We received three reports of severe size hail from this storm.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Rainfall over the northern part of Uvalde County averaged from 4 to 6 inches, with up to 12 inches from northwest of Uvalde to Utopia. High water shut down a 36-mile stretch of tracks around Knippa, halting a westbound Amtrak train with 176 passengers for several hours. SH127, FM1050, and SH55 were closed due to high water and Garner State Park was evacuated due to flooding.
July 2007	Flood	Uvalde	-	The Frio River below the Dry Frio near Uvalde crested at 22.0 ft on 07/21 at 1245cst, where flood stage is 12 ft.
July 2007	Flood	Uvalde	-	The Nueces River below Uvalde crested at 17.2 ft on 07/21 at 1700cst, where flood stage is 11 ft.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms produced between 2 and 3 inches of rain over northern Uvalde County, with up to 5 inches in the extreme northwestern part of the county. Flash flooding closed US55 and FM1050.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms formed across northern Val Verde, Edwards and Real Counties and moved slowly southward into Kinney and Uvalde Counties. Rain amounts in Uvalde County generally averaged from 2 to 3 inches, with up to 5 inches in the extreme northwest part of the county. SH55 and FM481 were closed near Uvalde with FM1051 closed just south of Camp Wood.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 1 to 2 inch rain amounts in southwestern Uvalde County, with 3 to 4 inches southwest of the city of Uvalde. Among other roads, FM481 and FM117 were closed due to high water.
March 2007	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms from Brackettville through the extreme northwestern corner of Uvalde County and into the Barksdale and Camp Wood areas produced between 3 and 5 inches of rain in the early morning hours reported that FM334 was closed for several hours during the morning due to the flash flooding.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Uvalde	-	Thunderstorms formed north of Uvalde and continued to move slowly southeastward across the county, producing general rain amounts of 2 to 3 inches. Highest totals were 5 inches in the extreme northwest corner of Uvalde County, as well as just north of Knippa and also in the extreme southeast corner of county. Many county roads were closed due to flash flooding including FM140, SH55, and SH127.
April 2002	Tornado (F0)	Uvalde	-	The tornadic supercell tracked eastward out of Kinney County and into Uvalde County. Shortly after crossing the county line, an off duty police officer reported a short-lived tornado in an open field near US90. It caused no known damage.
February 2000	Tornado (F0)	Uvalde	-	Reported by Sheriff's Department in open country moving southeastward.
March 1993	Hail	Uvalde	-	The storms continued to move to the east and into Uvalde County. A co-op observer reported 1.00-inch hail in the northern part of the city of Uvalde. The Uvalde Police Department reported bigger than golfball-size hail in the city, a few minutes later they reported baseball-size hail.
March 1993	Hail	Uvalde	-	The storms continued to move to the east and into Uvalde County. A co-op observer reported 1.00-inch hail in the northern part of the city of Uvalde. The Uvalde Police Department reported bigger than golfball-size hail in the city, a few minutes later they reported baseball-size hail.
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Uvalde	-	County Sheriff's Office reported straight line winds in and near the town of Sabinal. Several trees were uprooted and large metal building was blown over.
March 1993	Hail	Uvalde	-	The storms continued to move to the east and into Uvalde County. A co-op observer reported 1.00-inch hail in the northern part of the city of Uvalde. The Uvalde Police Department reported bigger than golfball-size hail in the city, a few minutes later they reported baseball-size hail.
May 2020	Hail	Uvalde	-	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Uvalde	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Uvalde County

Map coverage status

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.

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Grand Opera House	under 500 feet	1978
First National Bank	0.2 miles	2014
John Nance Garner House	0.4 miles	1976
Nicolas Street School	0.6 miles	2010
State Highway 3 Bridge at the Nueces River	7.0 miles	1996

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100004009 in Record Group 79.
Uvalde County	All 6 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.