1910 Hidalgo County Jail

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.

From the record

One of 23 National Register listings published here for Hidalgo County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 121 East McIntyre St., Edinburg, 78541
When was it listed? May 2020
Category. building
Census division. Edinburg
National Register reference number. 100005230 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

364 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 364 fires within 5 miles of 1910 Hidalgo County Jail between 2002 and 2018, burning about 520 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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	178
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	150
Arson/incendiarism	13
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
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
7 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
7 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
7 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
6 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
5 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
29 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
29 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
27 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	11-740

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Storms near this property

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edinburg, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flash flood, 4 heavy rain. 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
May 2007	Flash Flood	Edinburg	$50,000	Flash flooding was reported on Farm to Market Road 1925 between FM 1423 and FM 493. Flooding was also reported on Business Highway 83 between FM 1423 and FM 907 with several cars stalled.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	$10,000	Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down trees, tore shingles off roofs, and snapped a power pole.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	$10,000	no account filed
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	$5,000	Several power poles down and power lines tangled in trees were reported throughout the city of Edinburg by the local fire department. Radar estimated potential wind gusts in excess of 50 knots (58 mph) from the bow echo within the squall line, which would imply such gusts in pockets despite the measurement at the Edinburg International Airport, about 8 miles north-northeast of town, of 39 knots (45 mph).
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	$5,000	Power lines were blown down on the west side of Edinburg by a thunderstorm wind gust.
April 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	$5,000	The sheriff's office reported several stop signs blown over and numerous limbs down.
June 2020	Lightning	Edinburg	$1,000	Lightning damage was reported to a house and adjacent cinder block pole on the property near US 281 in Edinburg with no injuries.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	$1,000	A large tree was blown down on the road near the Edinburg/McAllen line 5 miles southwest of Edinburg. Large branches were also blown down nearby. Peak wind gusts at McAllen/Miller International Airport reached 41 mph (36 knots) but reached 52 mph (45 knots) at South Texas International Airport (about 11 miles north of Edinburg) during the same time period.
May 2025	Hail	Edinburg	-	A trained weather spotter reported golf ball size hail near the intersection of Wisconsin and Veterans in south Edinburg.
May 2024	Hail	Edinburg	-	Golfball size hail was reported along FM 490 near Faysville.
September 2024	Flash Flood	Edinburg	-	A pocket of torrential rainfall from a nearly stationary isolated thunderstorm, with measured and estimated rainfall between 3 and 4 inches in a very small area around downtown Edinburg, left 3 feet of water in roads around the Courthouse building, some of which entered structures of estimated depths of 1 to 1.5 feet. Damage was unknown at the time of this writing.
June 2023	Hail	Edinburg	-	A member of the public recorded a video showing quarter sized hail and gusty winds at a self car wash at the intersection of Canton and Raul Longoria.
June 2020	Flood	Edinburg	-	There was a picture on social media of standing water of up tp 1 to 2 feet in depth at the intersection of Lovett Street and N 21st Street in Edinburg. Time estimated via radar and time of social media post.
September 2014	Heavy Rain	Edinburg	-	Numerous social media posts reported street flooding in Edinburg.
April 2013	Heavy Rain	Edinburg	-	Observed rainfall from Automated Weather Observation System platforms, CoCoRaHS observers, cooperative observers, and Emergency Management personnel of 1.4 to 1.8 inches in Edinburg, and between 2 and 4 inches in Mercedes - much of the rain falling in less than one hour - created nuisance urban and field flooding due to rapid runoff after months of very dry weather. Up to 2 feet of water accumulated in poor drainage locations of Edinburg and Mercedes.
October 2012	Heavy Rain	Edinburg	-	Public reported water over the curbs in Edinburg, near the intersection of Trenton and 281, on either side of 7 PM CDT. Estimated two inches of rain fell in a short period of time in the area.
June 2010	Hail	Edinburg	-	NWS Student Volunteer (Oklahoma University) reported penny size hail near Edinburg.
May 2009	Heavy Rain	Edinburg	-	A cooperative observer in Edinburg reported 2.05 inches of rain in less than an hour with a fast moving strong thunderstorm. The rain caused brief, minor street flooding during the late afternoon but no observable damage.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Edinburg	-	Texas DPS in McAllen reported water covering Farm to Market Road 1925 east of U.S. Highway 281 in Edinburg.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	-	The forest service reported that three 12 inch diameter trees were snapped due to damaging winds from a severe thunderstorm.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	-	Thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph was measured by the AWOS in Edinburg.
September 2006	Flash Flood	Edinburg	-	Several streets in Edinburg closed due to flash flooding produced by heavy rains.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	-	Trees were reported down in Edinburg.
October 2002	Flood	Edinburg	-	Street flooding was reported in Edinburg by the Hidalgo County Emergency Manager.
June 2001	Hail	Edinburg	-	Hail at least the size of dimes was reported by officials at a state prison in Hidalgo County.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	-	Strong winds blew the roof off a residence.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Edinburg	-	Strong winds knocked over an unsecured trailer home.
September 2006	Hail	Edinburg	-	no account filed
March 1999	Hail	Edinburg	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	Edinburg	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hidalgo 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

4 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
Valley Fruit Company	7.0 miles	2011
Louisiana-Rio Grande Canal Company Irrigation System	7.2 miles	1995
Mary S. and Gordon Griffin House	7.8 miles	2014
Sam and Marjorie Miller House	7.8 miles	1997

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100005230 in Record Group 79.
Hidalgo County	All 23 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.
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.