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Bastrop County, Texas

73 topographic sheets and 23 fire insurance atlases across 3 places.

Research this county

From the record

101 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Bastrop County within Texas

What the record shows

  • 3 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Bastrop, Elgin, Smithville, between 1885 and 1944.
  • 23 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 569 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 101 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 94 buildings, 4 districts, 2 structures and 1 site.
  • 93 of the 101 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 39 populated places in this county; 39 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

11 photographs, 1939 to 1943

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought
Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought
Wagon tracks down the dry bed of the Colorado River at Colorado, Texas. Rivers and streams of the Southwest are often dry during periods of drought
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Bastrop, Texas. Outskirts of town
Bastrop, Texas. Outskirts of town
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Bastrop State Park, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Bastrop State Park, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Bastrop State Park, Cabin No. 4, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Bastrop State Park, Cabin No. 4, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Bastrop State Park, Refectory, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Bastrop State Park, Refectory, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Henry Crocheron House, 1502 Wilson Street, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Henry Crocheron House, 1502 Wilson Street, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Wilbarger House, 1403 North Main Street, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Wilbarger House, 1403 North Main Street, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
A. Wiley Hill House, Route 304, Hill's Prairie Vicinity, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
A. Wiley Hill House, Route 304, Hill's Prairie Vicinity, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Jung-Pearcy House, 909 Pecan Street, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Jung-Pearcy House, 909 Pecan Street, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Governor Joseph D. Sayers House, 1903 Wilson Street, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Governor Joseph D. Sayers House, 1903 Wilson Street, Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

101

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Allen-Bell Housebuilding197171000919
August Baron Housebuilding197878003277
Ed Bastain-Haralson Housebuilding197878003350
Bastrop Commercial Districtbuilding197878003262
Bastrop County Courthouse and Jail Complexbuilding197575001947
Bastrop State Parkdistrict199797001242
Judge R. Batts Housebuilding197878003336
S. L. Brannon Housebuilding197878003264
R. J. Brieger Housebuilding197878003278
Jennie Brooks Housebuilding197878003317
Brooks-Wilbarger Housebuilding197878003269
J. C. Buchanan Housebuilding197878003326
Casino Hallbuilding197878003291
Colorado River Bridge at Bastropsite199090001031
H. B. Combs Housebuilding197878003294
John Cornelsum Housebuilding197878003301
Crocheron-McDowall Housebuilding197878003357
J. T. Crysup Housebuilding197878003274
George W. Davis Housebuilding197878003343
Dawson Housebuilding197878003351
Mary Duval Housebuilding197878003268
Elgin Commercial Historic Districtdistrict199696000024
Elzner Housebuilding197878003302
August Elzner Housebuilding197878003273
Prince Elzner Housebuilding197878003283
Erhard Housebuilding197878003280
A. A. Erhard Housebuilding197878003329
Adolph A. Erhard Housebuilding197878003284
E. C. Erhard Housebuilding197878003279
Farm Housebuilding197878003334
Fowler Housebuilding197878003321
Fowler-Jenkins Housebuilding197878003263
P. A. Fry Housebuilding197878003337
Rufus A. Green Housebuilding197878003347
Griesenbeck Housebuilding197878003349
Alf Griesenbeck Housebuilding197878003282
Erna Griesenbeck Housebuilding197878003338
R. J. Griesenbeck Housebuilding197878003308
Dr. C. A. Grimes Housebuilding197878003355
Hall-Sayers-Perkins Housebuilding197878003293
Eugene Harlson Housebuilding197878003344
Emelia Hasler Housebuilding197878003307
T. A. Hasler Housebuilding197878003330
Abraham Wiley Hill Housebuilding197171000920
Hopewell Schoolbuilding201515000334
House at 1002 Pinebuilding197878003304
House at 1002 Walnutbuilding197878003303
House at 1105 Hillbuilding197878003312
House at 1108 Hillbuilding197878003306
House at 1301 Hillbuilding197878003286
House at 1308 Fayettebuilding197878003285
House at 1316 Farmbuilding197878003290
House at 311 Pecanbuilding197878003327
House at 604 Elmbuilding197878003310
House at 806 Jeffersonbuilding197878003342
Houses at 703 and 704 Austinbuilding197878003316
Hubbard-Trigg Housebuilding197878003266
Iron Bridgestructure197878003292
Jenkins Housebuilding197878003299
Jenkins Housebuilding197878003345
George Washington Jones Housebuilding197878003335
Oliver P. Jones Housebuilding197878003331
Jung Storage Buildingbuilding197878003323
Alf Jung Housebuilding197878003322
Joe Jung Housebuilding197878003333
Kerr Community Centerbuilding197878003339
Beverly and Lula Kerr Housebuilding197878003356
Kleinert Housebuilding197878003288
Kohler-McPhaul Housebuilding197878003275
Lower Elgin Road Bridge at Wilbarger Creekstructure2017100000860
H. P. Luckett Housebuilding197878003296
MKT Depotbuilding197878003354
Bartholomew Manlove Housebuilding197878003311
Mary Christian Burleson Housebuilding2024100009778
Powell C. Maynard Housebuilding197878003267
W. E. Maynard Housebuilding197878003281
Harriet and Charlie McNeil Housebuilding197878003276
Marcellus McNeil Housebuilding197878003298
Willis Miley Housebuilding197878003289
Old Bastrop Co. Pavilionbuilding197878003287
L. W. Olive Housebuilding197878003270
Elbert S. Orgain Housebuilding197878003300
Sarah Jane Orgain Housebuilding197878003309
Paul D. Page Housebuilding197878003272
J. H. Pearcy Housebuilding197878003271
Phieffer Housebuilding197878003314
J. W. Pledger Housebuilding197878003318
Ploeger-Kerr-White Housebuilding197878003346
Rabensburg Housebuilding197878003348
Mrs. William R. Reding Housebuilding197878003340
Gov. Joseph Sayers Housebuilding197878003297
W. F. Schaeffer Housebuilding197878003324
Smithville Commercial Historic Districtdistrict198282004489
Smithville Residential Historic Districtdistrict199595001395
Richard Starcke Housebuilding197878003315
Richard Starcke Housebuilding197878003328
Campbell and Greenlief Fisk Taylor Housebuilding197878003353
Waugh Housebuilding197878003313
White Housebuilding197878003265
Wilke Housebuilding197878003341
Minnie Wilkes Housebuilding197878003352

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

1

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1879 - Map of Bastrop County, Texas
Land ownership map (1879) - Map of Bastrop County, Texas. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 1 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Johnson Nursing Home, Elgin, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Johnson Nursing Home, Elgin, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,238 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-24, scale 1:69000
1953-01-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-24, scale 1:69000
1953-01-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-24, scale 1:69000
1953-01-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-24, scale 1:69000
1953-01-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-01, scale 1:24000
1954-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-01, scale 1:24000
1954-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-01, scale 1:24000
1954-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-01, scale 1:24000
1954-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-01, scale 1:28000
1957-02-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-01, scale 1:28000
1957-02-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-01, scale 1:28000
1957-02-01, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-04, scale 1:22800
1958-05-04, scale 1:22800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-04, scale 1:22800
1958-05-04, scale 1:22800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-04, scale 1:22800
1958-05-04, scale 1:22800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-04, scale 1:22800
1958-05-04, scale 1:22800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-13, scale 1:17600
1962-02-13, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-13, scale 1:17600
1962-02-13, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-09, scale 1:17600
1963-01-09, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-09, scale 1:17600
1963-01-09, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-09, scale 1:17600
1963-01-09, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-09, scale 1:17600
1963-01-09, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17600
1964-02-10, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17600
1964-02-10, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17600
1964-02-10, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17600
1964-02-10, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-05-26, scale 1:21600
1966-05-26, scale 1:21600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-11, scale 1:18000
1967-03-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-11, scale 1:18000
1967-03-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-11, scale 1:18000
1967-03-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-11, scale 1:18000
1967-03-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-13, scale 1:110673
1970-03-13, scale 1:110673. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-13, scale 1:110673
1970-03-13, scale 1:110673. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-13, scale 1:110673
1970-03-13, scale 1:110673. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-13, scale 1:110673
1970-03-13, scale 1:110673. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:120231
1971-11-11, scale 1:120231. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:121264
1971-11-11, scale 1:121264. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:120231
1971-11-11, scale 1:120231. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-11-11, scale 1:121264
1971-11-11, scale 1:121264. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-22, scale 1:64962
1972-04-22, scale 1:64962. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-08-01, scale 1:26000
1973-08-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-08-01, scale 1:26000
1973-08-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-08-01, scale 1:26000
1973-08-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-08-01, scale 1:26000
1973-08-01, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:25600
1974-04-01, scale 1:25600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:25600
1974-04-01, scale 1:25600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:25600
1974-04-01, scale 1:25600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:25600
1974-04-01, scale 1:25600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-02-22, scale 1:80000
1978-02-22, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

145 stations, 5 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

28 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 11-1Justice Precinct 1: Bastrop city: Bastrop city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Smithville Rd., Chestnut, Houston, Austin; Chambers
  • 11-2BBastrop city - That part Bounded by Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; Austin; City limits
  • 11-2ABastrop city - That part Bounded by City limits; Chambers; Austin, Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad
  • 11-3Bastrop city - That part Bounded by Austin, Houston, Chestnut, Smithville Rd.; City limits; City limits; City limits
  • 11-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part east of Pinoak Creek and north and east of U.S. Hwy. 290
  • 11-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of Pinoak Creek, east of Colorado River and south of U.S. Hwy. 290, outside Bastrop city
  • 11-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of Colorado River, including all islands in this enumeration district
  • 11-7Justine Precinct 2: Smithville city: Smithville city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, Mills extended, Mills, N. 6th; Main, Main extended
  • 11-8Smithville city - That part Bounded by N. 6th; Mills, Mills extended; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; Main extended, Main
  • 11-9Smithville city - That part Bounded by City limits; Main extended, Main, Main extended; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; City limits
  • 11-10Smithville city - That part Bounded by City limits, Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; Gazley Creek; City limits; City limits
  • 11-11Smithville city - That part Bounded by Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; City limits; City limits; Gazley Creek
  • 11-12Justine Precinct 2 - That part northeast of State Hwy. 71 and northeast of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, outside Smithville city
  • 11-13Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 71, north of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, and east of Hills Prairie - Rosanky Rd., outside Smithville city
  • 11-14Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and east of Jeddo - Rosanky - Smithville Rd., outside Smithville city
  • 11-15Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of Hills Prairie - Rosanky - Jeddo Rd.
  • 11-16Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part north of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and east of State Hwy. 20
  • 11-17Justice Precinct 3 - That part northwest of State Hwy. 20, northeast of Rockne - Cedar Creek Rd. extending northward to precinct line
  • 11-18Justice Precinct 3 - That part northwest of Walnut Creek and southwest of the Rockne - Cedar Creek Rd. extending northwest to precinct line
  • 11-19Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of State Hwy. 20, south of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and Walnut Creek
  • 11-20Justice Precinct 4: Elgin city: Elgin city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Southern Pacific Railroad; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad
  • 11-21Elgin city - That part Bounded by City limits; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; Southern Pacific Railroad; City limits
  • 11-22Elgin city - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad; City limits; City limits
  • 11-23Elgin city - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad; City limits; City limits; Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad
  • 11-24Justice Precinct 4 - That part east of Big Sandy Creek
  • 11-25Justice Precinct 4 - That part west of Big Sandy Creek, east of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and north of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Elgin city
  • 11-26Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, west of Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad and Big Sandy Creek and east of Wilbarger Creek, outside Elgin city
  • 11-27Justice Precinct 4 - That part south and west of Wilbarger Creek

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,889 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,889 of them, burning about 55,248 acres. 48 started naturally and 44 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning1172
Missing data/not specified/undetermined395
Equipment and vehicle use126
Natural48
Arson/incendiarism44
Smoking28
Recreation and ceremony26
Power generation/transmission/distribution25
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution34,068 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBASTROP COUNTY COMPLEX
13 October 2015Equipment and vehicle use4,582 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIDDEN PINES
28 February 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1,491 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDERNESS RIDGE
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,455 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEPW FIRE
5 August 1999Natural800 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined719 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNION CHAPEL
21 August 2010Debris and open burning450 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRIFFITH RANCH
11 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined335 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAIRSTRIP FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1953 to 2025

60 of 385 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 385 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 111 injuries and about $11,635,750 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail146
Thunderstorm Wind103
Flash Flood95
Tornado35
Flood4
Lightning1
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002Flash FloodSoutheast Portion1 killed, $20,000Two inches of rainfall in a two-hour period caused very localized and brief flooding over the southeast section of Bastrop county. A 46-yr old man drowned as his vehicle was washed off a rural road into Buckner's Creek, about six miles east of Rosanky.
November 2002Flash FloodBastrop1 killedA Bastrop woman was swept away in her car as she attempted to drive through the Cedar Creek crossing at Lower Red Rock Road, just off FM304 southwest of Bastrop. She called police at 0525CST to say that she had driven into deep water and the car was beginning to flood. She was rescued by emergency personnel but died shortly afterward at the Smithville hospital.
October 1998Flash FloodCountywide100 hurt, $3,000,000no account filed
November 2001Flash FloodNorthwest Portion5 hurt, $80,000By late afternoon, heavy rainfall had brought rain accumulations to almost 4 inches over the northwest part of Bastrop County. Isolated totals were reported to be 7 inches along the Travis County line. Widespread flash flooding of low lying areas was indicated, with considerable damage to county roads and bridges.
April 1953Tornado (F3)not stated3 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1957Tornado (F3)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
October 1998Tornado (F1)Elgin1 hurt, $30,000A very small and short-lived tornado struck briefly near Elgin. It destroyed a mobile home and knocked over several trees before lifting back into the parent thunderstorm. The only reported injury was to a baby in the mobile home.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Cedar Creek1 hurtA NWS storm survey team concluded a tornado touched down just west of Cedar Creek in Bastrop County. The tornado snapped and uprooted many trees. Twelve homes along the path of the tornado were damaged with barns and a large greenhouse destroyed. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph.
October 2015Flash FloodElysium$2,100,000Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding leading to high water rescues on Tucker Hill Ln. near the Bastrop and Travis County line. Damage assessment from Bastrop County indicated nearly 60 homes destroyed, with 40 also sustaining major damage. Overall more than 100 homes were flooded or affected by the flooding many of them along Dry Creek near the Bastrop/Travis County line. Debris line showed that water was flowing over Highway 71 near this area. Other homes experienced flooding as the Colorado River went into flood due to all the rainfall that fell upstream of Bastrop. County monetary losses are estimated to be 2.1 million dollars to infrastructure, this does not include insured/uninsured losses to homes.
May 2015Flash FloodBastrop$2,000,000Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding in Bastrop. A 1000 foot long earthen dam holding a small fishing pond in Bastrop State Park ruptured. In addition multiple roads were closed across the county. Damage to infrastructure likely exceeded 2 million dollars.
August 2017FloodBastrop$1,500,000A number of places in Fayette, Lavaca, and Bastrop Counties received 20 or more inches of rain. Tropical storm force winds with estimated gusts up to 60 mph caused damage across the region. Trees and branches were knocked down by the winds. Some of these in turn knocked down power lines causing power outages. 100 People were evacuated in Bastrop County. Rainfall over the far western side of Bastrop County was about 12 inches, while the Smithville area had a 7 day rain total of nearly 24 inches. The Colorado River at Smithville crested near 32 feet on August 28, flooding about 60 homes in the Smithville area. There were about 150 low water crossings underwater and many roads were damaged. Overall estimates to damage in the county are about 1.5 million dollars, about a million of that coming from damage to roads and bridges.
January 1991Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1980Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 1971Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek$150,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn, damaged two other barns, and overturned a mobile home in the Cedar Creek area.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Elgin$100,000A NWS storm survey found that a tornado was produced by the bookend vortex |of a bow echo that moved through the city of Elgin on the afternoon|of May 23rd 2017. The tornado began just east of Texas Highway 95|and just north of Roemer Road, where it displaced and flipped a shed |off its foundation. The tornado then caused extensive damage to a|business along Roemer Road. As it continued to the east-southeast,|the tornado ripped the metal roof off a large barn and caused roof|damage to a well-built home adjacent to the barn. In the pasture |adjacent to these structures, there were multiple pieces of splintered |wood that were driven into the ground from the opposite direction from |which the storm came. Several cattle and a bull were reportedly thrown |about 1500 feet from one pasture into another, jumping a couple of fences |in the process. The tornado then completely destroyed an old wooden barn |just north of Roemer Road. At this point, the tornado was approximately |moving along Roemer Road, and caused some minor tree damage. The tornado |then crossed Red Town Road just south of Roemer Road and ended just east |of Red Town Road, where it caused some minor damage to a structure.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindElgin$100,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that blew down trees and power lines in Elgin.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindUtley$100,000As the line of thunderstorms associated with the late season cold front moved into Bastrop County, they produced severe winds that blew down scores of trees through the central part of the county. An NWS employee while traveling through Bastrop County also came across a car south of Bastrop that had been blown off the road by the winds.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindCountywide$100,000The widespread derecho continued to blow down trees in an west-southwest to east-northeast direction, continuing the damage sustained from eastern Bexar County through Guadalupe and Caldwell Counties. Only spotty damage was indicated to roofs of homes and windows of cars and homes.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindElgin$100,000Several large trees were knocked over by severe thunderstorm winds in and around the Elgin area. Windows were also broken out in homes by large limbs knocked off trees.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindElgin$100,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindBastrop$90,000no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindRed Rock$80,000After exiting Caldwell and Gonzales Counties, the bow-shaped line became weaker on its south end with the higher winds concentrated in the northern half of the line. This portion of the line moved into Bastrop and Fayette Counties shortly after 1 am CST. The storm damage in Bastrop County was over the western half of the county and in the form of trees blown down. Only minor damage was noted to homes and structures. Estimates are that the winds in the storms generally ranged from 50 to 60 knots with higher gusts to 70 knots.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindBastrop$80,000The Bastrop Sheriff's Department reported that severe thunderstorm winds had blown down trees and knocked over power lines in Bastrop.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Smithville Muni Arpt$50,000A National Weather Service damage survey concluded that a weak EF0 tornado formed just south of the Colorado River near Smithville on FM 2571. There it produced tree damage and some visible wind damage to a few residences along FM 2571. The tornado moved northeast and crossed Hidden Shores Road where more tree damage was observed. The tornado then crossed the river before dissipating near the intersection of Highway 71 and Kellar Road. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPaige$50,000Trees were blown down 3 miles west of the intersection of US290 and SH21 near Paige.
October 1998Tornado (F1)Elgin$50,000A second small, narrow and short-lived tornado was reported over thirty minutes after the first tornado. It also formed in the Elgin area and stayed on the ground about two minutes. It moved into a light residential area, destroying one home, then lifted up and dissipating. The family in the destroyed home took shelter in the bathroom, escaping injury.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindBastrop$50,000Winds damaged numerous roofs and trees.
March 2005Tornado (F0)Elgin$40,000A second tornado descended from the same south end of the line of thunderstorms that had produced the Littig tornado. This touchdown was around 2 miles east of Littig, in Bastrop County, where the Old Shiloh Baptist Church and the new Shiloh Baptist Church both sustained considerable exterior and roof damage. The location is just east of County Line Road and just south of Voelker Lane. This touchdown would have been very brief, less than one quarter mile in length. It was timed near 2202 CST and was rated as F0.
June 2007Flash FloodCedar Creek$30,000Thunderstorms produced 2 to 3 inch rain totals over northwest Bastrop County, with up to 4 inches between Cedar Creek and Utley. Many roads in Bastrop County were closed due to high water, including FM969 and FM1704.
October 2002Flash FloodSouth Portion$30,000The showers and thunderstorms continued to spread eastward through the midnight period. Shortly after midnight, heavy rainfall brought flash flooding to the southern part of Bastrop County. Rainfall rates were near 2 inches per hour and the rain continued to just past midnight. Rain totals in the south part of the county were generally 2 to 3 inches with totals to 4 and 5 inches south of a Red Rock to Rosanky line.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindSmithville Muni Arpt$25,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that damaged numerous power poles and blew down power lines near the intersection of Hwy 71 and FM 153 at Buescher State Park near Smithville.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindElysium$25,000A barn was destroyed on Highway 71 east of the Austin Bergstrom International Airport by thunderstorm winds estimated at 50 knots.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindRed Rock$20,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that tore the roof off the Red Rock General Store.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSmithville$20,000A severe thunderstorm, moving southwestward through Bastrop County, produced a downburst as it approached Smithville that knocked over several trees.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBastrop$20,000A severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds as it approached Bastrop. The severe winds knocked down several trees.
October 2000Thunderstorm WindPaige$20,000Winds from a severe thunderstorm blew down trees and caused damage to metal outbuildings.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindElgin$20,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down several trees just east of Elgin.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindSmithville$20,000Severe winds blew down trees in the Smithville area. The wind was measured by a hand-held anemometer.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindPaige$20,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down power poles and blocked roads.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCountywide$20,000Widespread damage to trees and roofs across the county.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindBastrop$20,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBastrop$15,000Trees were blown over and large limbs knocked down by high winds.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindSmithville$15,000Damage was reported to roofs with some tree limbs downed as a brief gust struck the city. One roof was lifted and dropped on several cars. The storm also knocked down power lines for several blocks.
November 2000Flash FloodNorth Portion$15,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBastrop$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that damaged a carport and barn roof on the westside of Bastrop. The carport was ripped from the building.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindSmithville Muni Arpt$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that blew over a small metal tower and uprooted a large tree near the entrance of Buescher State Park near Smithville.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindPhelan$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew the roofs off mobile homes at the Riverchase Mobile Home Park in Camp Swift.
May 2015Flash FloodElgin$10,000Water was inundated at least one home in the city of Bastrop. Numerous road closures were also ongoing in the city.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Cedar Creek$10,000A small, weak tornado touched down along County Road 242, McDonald Ln. E., and generally toward the east producing EF0 damage to a home at the corner of Martins Crossing Dr. and Single Oak Crossing. There was damage to several fences and the roof and chimney of one house. Winds were estimated to be 80 mph.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindRosanky$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that uprooted a large tree and peeled a tin roof off a barn.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindElgin$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph which moved a porch away from a house, downed power lines, and knocked over a couple of trees.
February 2003Flash FloodCountywide$10,000The combination of a general 1 to 2 inch rainfall and soils that had remained soaked for several weeks caused rapid flash flooding to develop in the late morning and continue into the afternoon. One high water rescue was required. A man drove some 30 feet into deep water before his vehicle stalled. He climbed out of the flooding car and was forced to cling to its top for over an hour while rescue personnel were alerted and removed him.
December 2002Flash FloodSouth Portion$10,000General 1 to 2 inch rainfall was reported over Bastrop County, with isolated totals near 4 inches in the south part of the county. Due to the soils remaining saturated from recent rains, flash flooding developed quickly over the south portion of the county.
May 2000Flash FloodElgin$10,000The Police Department reported brief flash flooding and road closures in the town of Elgin as thunderstorms dropped 3 inches of rain in little over 1 hour.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindRosanky$10,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
November 2000Tornado (F0)Rosanky$10,000A small and short-lived tornado was observed by the owner of a gas station as it dipped down and damaged the pump area. The tornado moved across a road and blew down trees near a school. It then lifted and dissipated.
April 1997Flash FloodCountywide$10,000Widespread flash flooding was reported countywide due to over 3 inches of rain within 2 hours. Numerous roads remained closed through the noon hour.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Trees were blown over in much of the county due to severe winds.
May 2001Flash FloodWest Portion$10,000no account filed

Mines and quarries

12 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 12 workings inside this county. 10 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Clay10
Fire Clay (Refractory)1
Sand and Gravel, Construction1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berdoll Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weaver PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Elgin Butler Brick Plant and PitsClayProducer
Landing Strip PitClayProducerClay
Payne Brick Co PlantClayProducer
Payne Brick Weaver PitClayProducer
Payne Clay Pits and PlantsClayProducer
Plant No. 1ClayProducer
Standard Pit & PlantClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducerClay
Unnamed PitsClayProducerClay
Unnamed PitsClayProducerSedimentary

Every populated place in the county

39

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 3 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Bastrop County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Bastrop, Texas

17 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1944

Elgin, Texas

17 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1944

Smithville, Texas

17 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1900 to 1942

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

8 structures

The vanished settlements of Bastrop County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.