San Carlos I Texas Map

About San Carlos I, Texas

San Carlos I is a locality in Webb County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 187. The population density is 542.9 people per km². San Carlos I is located at 27.4906°N, 99.3726°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78043.

San Carlos I occupies a stretch of sun-bleached earth where the horizon pulls tight against the sky, defined by the dry, restless breath of the brush country. It lies 8.3 miles east of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 97°T), and is situated 10.9 miles northeast of Rio Bravo. The terrain unfolds as a series of low, scrub-dusted swells, broken only by the intermittent shade of mesquite and the occasional reach of Dolores Creek as it carves a shallow, vein-like path through the silt two miles away. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the land stretches out in a pale, dusty expanse, occasionally punctuated by the silhouette of El Pico rising fifteen miles distant, a faint, jagged reminder of the earth’s upheaval. When the light shifts toward evening, the dust particles catch the sun, turning the atmosphere into a thick, amber haze that softens the hard edges of the fence lines and the weathered, sun-baked soil.

San Carlos I carries the quiet, persistent character of a place built upon the labor of the land and the stubbornness of those who settled the surrounding plains. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the region, where the work is often solitary and dictated by the seasonal shifts of the soil. Residents find a modest reprieve at Self-Help Center Park, a small patch of managed green that offers a point of assembly under the wide, unblinking dome of the Texas sky. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, finding its own stability in the proximity of Lake Casa Blanca, where the water provides a rare, reflective stillness against the backdrop of the arid brush.

About This San Carlos I Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of San Carlos I, Texas. Coordinates: 27.4906, -99.3726. 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 San Carlos I includes the ZIP code (78043), telephone area code (210, 726), county seat of Webb County (Laredo), and school district assignment (United Independent School District).

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.