Explore Ricardo, 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 Ricardo, 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 Ricardo.
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 | Ricardo |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Kleberg County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 27.421428 |
| Longitude | -97.851109 |
| Population | 1,075 |
| Density | 93.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78363 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Kingsville |
| School District | Ricardo Independent School District |
Ricardo sprawls across a flat, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon line remains unbroken by anything taller than a telephone pole or a cluster of scrub brush. It lies 6.5 miles south of Kingsville, TX (from Kingsville, TX: bearing 177°T), and is situated 11.8 miles south-southwest of Bishop. The air here holds a distinct salt-heavy humidity, a persistent reminder that the open coastline waits only four miles away, pulling at the atmosphere with the rhythm of the tides. A mile from the center of Ricardo, Jaboncillos Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth, its banks providing a sliver of shade for the local fauna. Beyond the immediate settlement, the terrain opens into wide, parched stretches that evoke the austerity of Ebanito Pasture, where the light at dusk turns the dusty grasses into a shimmering, bruised violet.
Life in Ricardo moves with the deliberate pace of a place built on the foundations of ranching and the steady, quiet labor of the land. The economy remains tethered to these expansive horizons, where the heritage of cattle and agriculture persists despite the encroaching shadows of industrial modernization. Residents find their recreation in the open spaces of Dick Kleberg Park, a local focal point for gatherings that bridge the gap between the town’s modest dwellings and the untamed brush. While the waters of Tranquitas Lake and the distant, brackish reaches of Cayo del Grullo define the broader geography, the character of the people is forged in the resilient, sun-drenched silence of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ricardo, Texas. Coordinates: 27.421428, -97.851109. 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 Ricardo includes the ZIP code (78363), telephone area code (830), county seat of Kleberg County (Kingsville), and school district assignment (Ricardo 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. |