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Southern Pacific Passenger Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026.

From the record

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Val Verde County · listed in 2026 · 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.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 101 W. Ogden Street, Del Rio, 78840
  • When was it listed? February 2026
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Del Rio
  • National Register reference number. 100012685 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

21 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Southern Pacific Passenger Depot between 2006 and 2020, burning about 6,610 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,090 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOODY
14 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOODY 6 FIRE
13 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4 SILO
6 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOTO FIRE
28 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined360 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTAR
18 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGOVERNORS TURN OFF
9 March 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Val Verde County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Southern Pacific Passenger Depot: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Del Rio Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Val Verde County

Storms near this property

60 of 151 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Del Rio, the town this property stands in, in 151 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 78 hail, 36 flash flood, 23 thunderstorm wind, 12 tornado. The reports record 31 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Tornado (F2)Del Rio22 hurt, $250,000The tornado was first spotted by public and later confirmed by the sheriff and a spotter. It caused only minor damage. It was the larger of the two tornadoes that formed that evening. Residents near the tornado reported hail the size of a quarter before the tornado arrived, then hearing a "freight train" type of sound as it touched down. It damaged boats and trailers in the Lake Amistad area, then passed across rural subdivisions, damaging several mobile homes and houses and injuring nearly two dozen people. Two people in a pop-up trailer were injured shortly afterward as a strong thunderstorm gust blew the trailer into a tree. A second tornado was spotted shortly afterward behind the mall. The two tornadoes knocked down about a dozen power poles.
October 1993Tornado (F1)Del Rio4 hurt, $500,000Two tornados were reported in the south part of the County, and large hail reports were made from across the County. The first tornado moved through the southeast part of Del Rio, causing widespread minor damage to the area. The second tornado moved through the Val Verde Estates area of Del Rio. Several mobile homes were destroyed and damaged, four persons had minor injuries.
April 2002HailDel Rio3 hurt, $500,000Large hail, propelled by winds estimated at 50 to 60 mph, destroyed street signs, dented automobiles, and knocked out windows of vehicles, homes and businesses across Del Rio. Hundreds of automobiles lost windshields and were severely dented. Three people were treated for minor injuries after being struck by the large hail.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindDel Rio2 hurtThe tornado was first spotted by public and later confirmed by the sheriff and a spotter. It caused only minor damage. It was the larger of the two tornadoes that formed that evening. Residents near the tornado reported hail the size of a quarter before the tornado arrived, then hearing a "freight train" type of sound as it touched down. It damaged boats and trailers in the Lake Amistad area, then passed across rural subdivisions, damaging several mobile homes and houses and injuring nearly two dozen people. Two people in a pop-up trailer were injured shortly afterward as a strong thunderstorm gust blew the trailer into a tree. A second tornado was spotted shortly afterward behind the mall. The two tornadoes knocked down about a dozen power poles.
April 2020HailDel Rio$10,000,000A thunderstorm produced four inch diameter hail in Del Rio. The large hail that hit the City of Del Rio likely caused in excess of 10 million dollars in damage but as of this writing do not have an accurate estimate of damage from city/county/state officials or private insurance companies.
September 2008FloodDel Rio$1,000,000Water releases from an upstream reservoir in Mexico caused flooding along the Rio Grande in Del Rio. Vega Verde Road and several properties along the road were flooded. Evacutions did occur in order to get residents out of the area as roads became inundated and impassable.
May 2004HailDel Rio$500,000The second supercell storm struck near 635 pm to the northwest of Del Rio near the Los Campos subdivision. This is west of US 90 and south of Amistad Dam. Spotters reported that rain and hail struck first, followed by high winds. Hail varied in size with some as large as softballs and with winds estimated at over 70 mph. Damage in this part of Del Rio was the worst in the area, consisting of broken windows, dented home exteriors, torn roofs, damaged fences, large trees limbs blown down, trees knocked over, vehicles dented with broken windshields, and livestock injured and killed. In spite of the considerable damage, the amount of damage in dollars will still likely be less than the massive hailstorm suffered by Del Rio in April of 2002.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$500,000A second thunderstorm developed from the remains of the first storm that had struck Val Verde County. At 1615 CST, a Val Verde Sheriff's Department spotter reported small tornado six miles south of Del Rio. It was very small and short lived. No damage was noted as the area was later searched. Shortly afterward, winds blew a 120-foot by 25-foot section of metal roof off the La Paloma Shopping Center. The roof was blown some 90 feet and landed on eight automobiles in the parking lot of the shopping center. Additional damage was reported to the roof of a church in Del Rio.
April 1993HailDel Rio$500,000A National Park Service Ranger and the sheriff's office reported tennis ball-size hail in the Spur 406 Campgrounds on the West side of Lake Amistad. A Park Ranger also reported 3.00-inch hail in the San Pedro Canyon Estates, northwest of Del Rio. An estimated $112,000 dollars in damage was reported to home in the area. The sheriff's office reported golf ball-size hail covering the ground on Highway 277 north of Del Rio.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$200,000The supercell thunderstorm that produced downbursts and large hail in Del Rio formed in Mexico and moved eastward into Val Verde County. The severe thunderstorm winds struck first, knocking over trees and signs and damaging roofs in and around Del Rio.
May 2010Flash FloodDel Rio$100,000Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which flooded some homes in Del Rio.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Del Rio$100,000A deputy from the Sheriff's Department watched as a rope-shaped tornado lifted up and dropped down as it skipped along a path approximately one mile long just east of the city of Del Rio at the Val Verde Park Estates. The tornado caused minor damage to ten homes and mobile homes. It also knocked over telephone poles and tossed outbuildings along its path.
June 1997Flash FloodDel Rio$80,000no account filed
May 2004Tornado (F1)Del Rio$50,000Shortly after the severe winds and hail, the first and most powerful of several tornadoes struck. It was observed by the Val Verde County Emergency Manager as it touched down near 640 pm south of Amistad Lake along Holdup Pass, approximately one mile south of US 90. The tornado, rated F1on the Fujita scale, was about 100 yards wide. It first moved eastward destroying the roof of a home and tossing the debris over one-quarter mile along its path. Occupants of the home had found shelter in their interior closet and were uninjured in spite of considerable damage to the home and the surrounding area. After tracking eastward for one mile the tornado turned 45 degrees to the right and tracked along mostly open country for almost 3 more miles. Along the route it tore down power poles, leveled vegetation, damaged roofs and broke windows. It then lifted and dissipated
June 2002Flash FloodDel Rio$50,000Rainfall of up to 4 inches in less than 2 hours caused flash flooding across the city of Del Rio. The Sheriff's Department reported numerous low water crossings flooded in the city.
March 2000Tornado (F1)Del Rio$50,000A small tornado was produced by a supercell storm that had formed in Mexico and moved northeastward into the U.S. The tornado destroyed a small barn, overturned trailers and killed several cattle. The report was made simultaneously by a rancher and a park ranger.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$50,000At 1550 CST the roof of a barn and a car shed was blown off in northern Val Verde County. At almost the same time, wind gusts to 66 knots were recorded at Rough Canyon at Lake Amistad. The storm then dissipated very quickly.
October 1993Tornado (F1)Del Rio$50,000Two tornados were reported in the south part of the County, and large hail reports were made from across the County. The first tornado moved through the southeast part of Del Rio, causing widespread minor damage to the area. The second tornado moved through the Val Verde Estates area of Del Rio. Several mobile homes were destroyed and damaged, four persons had minor injuries.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$50,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$40,000Downburst winds from the line of thunderstorms flipped over a trailer at Del Rio. The trailer was located in the south part of the city near the Rio Grande.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$20,000The Val Verde County Sheriff's Department reported power lines blown down by severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 knots in the southern part of Del Rio.
March 2000HailDel Rio$20,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$15,000A severe thunderstorm produced heavy rain, followed by damaging wind and finally a tornado as it moved into the Del Rio area. Winds damaged a houseboat and small outbuildings at Lake Amistad as the storm approached the city. Damage was reported to trees as it entered the western edge of the city. As much as three to five inches of rain, in less than a half-hour, produced widespread flooding along San Gabriel Creek, causing damages to homes and buildings. Nearly two dozen motorists were stranded in their vehicles in high water and had to be rescued. Widespread power outages were reported across Del Rio.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged the roof of a hotel on Veterans Blvd. in Del Rio.
May 2010HailDel Rio$10,000A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from nickel to golf ball size in and around Del Rio. The hail caused some roof damage.
June 2003Flash FloodDel Rio$10,000Heavy rain began falling in the Del Rio area in the mid afternoon, with up to 3 inch totals by 1500CST. Flash flooding began around 1600CST, with numerous reports of flash flooding over low water crossings. The flash flooding was short-lived, ending around 1730CST.
May 1995Tornado (F1)Del Rio$10,000The tornado was first spotted by public and later confirmed by the sheriff and a spotter. It caused only minor damage. It was the larger of the two tornadoes that formed that evening. Residents near the tornado reported hail the size of a quarter before the tornado arrived, then hearing a "freight train" type of sound as it touched down. It damaged boats and trailers in the Lake Amistad area, then passed across rural subdivisions, damaging several mobile homes and houses and injuring nearly two dozen people. Two people in a pop-up trailer were injured shortly afterward as a strong thunderstorm gust blew the trailer into a tree. A second tornado was spotted shortly afterward behind the mall. The two tornadoes knocked down about a dozen power poles.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that broke some one inch tree limbs off trees and blew some shingles off a house.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a few trees, a large section of fence, and blew over a shed in Del Rio.
June 1997Flash FloodDel Rio$5,000Flash flooding was reported in Del Rio by the Police and Sheriff's Departments.
March 1993HailDel Rio$5,000Several severe thunderstorms moved across Val Verde County during the afternoon. The first reported of large hail was made in Langtry. Tennis ball-size hail was later reported in Langtry, a few cars were damaged along with some house windows. As the storm moved southeast it continued to produce large hail. A Federal Express truck was damaged between Langtry and Comstock. A funnel cloud was reported north of Comstock by the Sheriffs Office. A motorist that was drive under the storm at the time reported golfball-size hail and damage to her car. Golfball-size hail was next reported north of Del Rio at the Greenwood Ranch. As the next set of storms moved across the County a motorist reported golfball-size hail on Highway 377 northeast of Del rio. Golfball-size hail was reported on the LaGrand Ranch Northwest of Comstock.
September 2001Flash FloodDel Rio$5,000no account filed
September 2001Flash FloodDel Rio$5,000no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodDel Rio$5,000no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$5,000no account filed
April 1999Flash FloodDel Rio$3,000Brief street flooding was reported by Del Rio Police Department across the city due to 3 inch rainfall in just over 2 hours.
August 1996Flash FloodDel Rio$3,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that toppled a large tree in Del Rio.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$1,000Trees were reportedly blown down on Plaza Ave in the city of Del Rio.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDel Rio$1,000A large tree was blown down onto East 10th Street in the city of Del Rio.
March 2026HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced up to quarter sized hail in Del Rio.
April 2026HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail between Del Rio and Lake View.
April 2025HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail on the northside of Del Rio.
April 2025HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail on the northside of Del Rio.
October 2025HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Val Verde Park Estates near the Val Verde County jail near Hamilton Ln. and Hwy 90.
April 2023HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail south of Del Rio.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some tree limbs in northern Del Rio.
May 2022HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Del Rio.
May 2022HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Del Rio.
May 2022HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Del Rio.
May 2022HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Del Rio.
August 2022Flash FloodDel Rio-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in Del Rio. A picture on social media showed the intersection of Veterans Blvd. and 10th St. flooded.
April 2021HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail near the Del Rio International Airport.
April 2021HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail on Hwy 90 east of Del Rio.
April 2021HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail in Del Rio.
April 2020HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced one inch diameter hail in Del Rio. This report was received from mPING.
April 2020HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Del Rio.
April 2020HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced three inch diameter hail at several locations in Del Rio.
April 2020HailDel Rio-A thunderstorm produced four inch diameter hail in Del Rio.
June 2019Flash FloodDel Rio-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing numerous low water crossings in and around Del Rio.

Every storm recorded in Val Verde 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

3 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Val Verde County Courthouse And Jail0.4 miles1977
Cassinelli Gin House0.7 miles1986
Del Rio Cemeteries Historic District0.8 miles2003

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100012685 in Record Group 79.
Val Verde CountyAll 4 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.