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One of 161 National Register listings published here for Bexar County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Herrera Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The listing
- Address. Old Somerset Rd at the Medina River, Von Ormy, 78073
- When was it listed? September 2010
- Category. building
- Census division. San Antonio South
- National Register reference number. 10000737 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
130 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Herrera Ranch between 2005 and 2011, burning about 704 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PEARSALL RD |
| 4 September 2006 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SENIOR RD & SOMERSET RD |
| 25 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S. LOOP 1604 W |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | K STREET |
| 19 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN PO FIRE |
| 18 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BENTON CITY RD & 35 S |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Herrera Ranch: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fm 1604 Quarry & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer |
Storms near this property
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Von Ormy, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 5 tornado, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Von Ormy | $500,000 | Tornado number one, an F0 on the Fujita Scale, formed near 715 pm at the intersection of Greenwood Road and Gridley Road. It moved toward the southeast for one mile, then dissipated. The path width was 20 yards. It damaged roofs and walls of mobile homes and houses, took large limbs off trees, and showed a great variation in direction in how it tossed the debris. It dissipated at 717 pm. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Von Ormy | $500,000 | Tornado number two, also an F0, formed near 717 pm at the intersection of Jarrett Road and Gridley Road. It also tracked toward the southeast, dissipating after one-half mile. Its path width was also estimated at 20 yards. It damaged roofs of mobile homes and houses, and damaged trees in the area. Debris was again tossed in several directions. This tornado dissipated at 719 pm. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Von Ormy | $500,000 | Tornado number three, an F1 on the Fujita Scale, also formed around 717 pm at the intersection of Ess Road and Jarrett Road. It moved toward the southeast, dissipating after one-half mile. Its path width was estimated at 20 yards. It destroyed a mobile home, damaged others and also damaged trees in the area. This tornado dissipated near 719 pm. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Von Ormy | $500,000 | Tornado number four, another F1, formed 1 mile east of the intersection of Ess road and Jarrett Road around 719 pm. It moved toward the southeast, dissipating after one mile. Its path width was estimated at 50 yards. It struck three mobile homes that had been tied end-to-end and severely damaged all three. It left them twisted into the shape of a letter 'U.' With no other structures in the area, the remainder of its damage was to trees. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Von Ormy | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged several houses, a silo, and overturned an 18 wheeler truck. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Von Ormy | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that overturned a large fifth wheel travel trailer. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Von Ormy | - | A storm chaser reported quarter size hail 3 miles southwest of Lackland AFB. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Von Ormy | - | A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. Highest rain amounts in Bexar County were 5 inches near St. Hedwig. Numerous roads were closed, including Pinn Road at FM151, Old Seguin Road at Salado Creek, Weidner Road, and O'Connor Road at Lookout. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Von Ormy | - | Rainfall between 2 and 3 inches in 2 hours in southwest Bexar County caused flash flooding that closed FM327 and Stuart Road. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Von Ormy | - | Skywarn-trained Amateur Radio Operators observed a small tornado that dropped into an open area. The tornado was about 20 yards wide and continued over the ground for less than a quarter mile. It caused no damage and was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Von Ormy | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krause House | 3.5 miles | 2010 | |
| Heermann Store | 4.0 miles | 2023 | |
 | Kelly Field Historic District | 7.0 miles | 2003 |
 | Bungalow Colony Historic District | 7.1 miles | 2003 |
| Billy Mitchell Village | 7.6 miles | 2022 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000737 in Record Group 79. |
| Bexar County | All 161 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.