| Official Name: | Plata, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Texas |
| Pushpin Relief: | y |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Presidio |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 3790 |
| Coordinates: | 29.8761°N -104.0175°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 79843 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1380371 |
Plata is an unincorporated community in Presidio County, Texas, on Farm to Market Road 169 approximately 25 miles south of the county seat of Marfa. The population at the 2000 census was 37.
Plata is Spanish for "silver."
Plata is zoned to schools in the Marfa Independent School District.
This area has a large amount of sunshine year round due to its stable descending air and high pressure. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Plata has a desert climate, abbreviated BWh on climate maps.[1]