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BarksdaleTX

A town in Texas.

Is Barksdale a good place to live?

Barksdale’s peak summer temperature is 94°F, where Texas’ towns sit at 95°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. We don’t grade Barksdale yet; the figures below are still real.

Getting set up

Moving to Barksdale: who provides what

Barksdale is unincorporated, so Edwards County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerPedernales Electric Coop12.8¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA

WaterBarksdale WSC56 health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA

Internet3 providers83% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC

Trash & county servicesEdwards CountyEdwards County provides services here

SchoolsNueces Canyon Consolidated Independent School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES

Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov

Who runs elections hereEdwards County Early Voting ClerkEdwards County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025

ZIP codes78828, 7883378828 89% · 78833 11%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Barksdale.

Natural hazards

The biggest natural risk in Barksdale is inland flooding, at a very low overall level

The risk rating from FEMA for Barksdale comes to 15 of 100. FEMA puts two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to drought. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities.

15risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingDroughtWildfire

Full pageBarksdale’s hazards pageOpen the page

What it facesVery low risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters15 disaster declarations · Declared for the county Get ready2.9 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Schools

The schools Barksdale’s kids attend

Its one school is below. Nueces Canyon CISD runs its public schools. Enrollment at Barksdale’s public school: 114 students.

School	Level	Students	Letter
Nueces Canyon JH/HSLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12	Grades 7–12	114	A⁻

Full pageBarksdale’s schools pageOpen the page

The districtsNUECES CANYON CISD Every school1 school · Nueces Canyon JH/HS Questions“Are Barksdale’s schools good?”

NCES · EDFacts

Climate

Barksdale has mild winters and hot summers

Barksdale’s January low comes in at 36°F.

95°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter38–64°

Spring55–80°

Summer71–94°

Fall56–80°

Nov 14

typical first frost

Mar 12

typical last frost

+0.6°

vs. the 20th-century average

95°

typical summer high

Full pageBarksdale’s climate pageOpen the page

A year of weatherJuly highs 94°, January lows 36°Rain & snow26″ of rain a year · Snow is almost unheard of Heating & coolingBoth heating and cooling Then and now+0.6° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

A smaller share of adults in Barksdale binge drink than in the typical Texas or U.S. town

The share of adults in Barksdale who report frequent mental distress: 16%. Of the 642 Texas towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Barksdale. The town does better than the Texas average on 5 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 17.

	Barksdale	Texas towns	U.S. towns
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)	21%	13%	12%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)	21%	15%	14%
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)	10%	17%	16%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)	53%	35%	35%