Explore Laredo Ranchettes West, Texas, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Laredo Ranchettes West, Texas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Texas or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Laredo Ranchettes West.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Laredo Ranchettes West |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Webb County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 27.4901 |
| Longitude | -99.3702 |
| Population | 5 |
| Density | 26.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78043 |
| Area Code | 210, 726 |
| County Seat | Laredo |
| School District | United Independent School District |
Laredo Ranchettes West occupies a quiet stretch of sun-bleached brushland where the earth turns to a fine, pale dust under the relentless heat of the southern sky. It lies 8.5 miles east of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 98°T), and is situated 11.0 miles northeast of Rio Bravo. The terrain is defined by low, scrubby vegetation and thorny mesquite that clings to the arid soil, offering little shade against the midday glare. Two miles to the east, the seasonal bed of Dolores Creek cuts a shallow, winding path through the silt, its banks often dry and silent until the sudden, violent rains of the season bring a brief, muddy vitality to the arroyo. To the north, the distant silhouette of El Pico marks the horizon, a solitary point of reference in an otherwise expansive and flat landscape that seems to hold its breath as the light turns copper in the final minutes of the day.
Laredo Ranchettes West exists as a testament to the slow, deliberate expansion of the border country, where the economy is tethered to the movement of goods and the endurance of those working the surrounding ranch lands. Life here moves in accordance with the demands of the heat, favoring the early morning hours before the sun becomes an adversary. Residents often find respite at Self-Help Center Park, a modest local green space that provides a rare patch of managed earth in an otherwise wild expanse. Five miles away, the waters of Lake Casa Blanca offer a quiet contrast to the dry plains, drawing those who seek the stillness of the shoreline. The culture here is deeply bilingual and resilient, shaped by generations who have learned to thrive in a climate that asks for patience, grit, and a watchful eye on the changing moods of the horizon.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Laredo Ranchettes West, Texas. Coordinates: 27.4901, -99.3702. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Laredo Ranchettes West includes the ZIP code (78043), telephone area code (210, 726), county seat of Webb County (Laredo), and school district assignment (United Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |