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Blanco County, Texas

33 topographic sheets cover 13 settlements here, and 4 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

4 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Blanco County within Texas
Explore by year 1880 1916

What the record shows

  • 171 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 4 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 districts and 2 buildings.
  • 2 of the 4 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 13 populated places in this county; 13 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

9 photographs, 2014

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.

Old scale on the porch of the "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Old scale on the porch of the "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Texas outline in stone, propped against a wall at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Texas outline in stone, propped against a wall at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
The old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
The old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Public art along U.S. Highway 290 in Blanco County, Texas
Public art along U.S. Highway 290 in Blanco County, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
"Wooden Indian" at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
"Wooden Indian" at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
President's Ranch Trail marker at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
President's Ranch Trail marker at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
[President's Ranch Trail marker at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
[President's Ranch Trail marker at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Tall grasses, a pond, and a fence decorated with the Texas Lone Star in rural Blanco County, Texas
Tall grasses, a pond, and a fence decorated with the Texas Lone Star in rural Blanco County, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Hye Post Office & General Store, Hye, Blanco County, TX
Hye Post Office & General Store, Hye, Blanco County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

4

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
Blanco Historic Districtdistrict199191000890
Adrian Edwards Conn Housebuilding197171000921
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Parkdistrict196969000202
Round Mountain Stage-Coach Inn and Stablebuilding197878002896

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

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, 1880 - Map of Blanco County / General Land Office Mar 1880
Land ownership map (1880) - Map of Blanco County / General Land Office Mar 1880. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1916 - Blanco County
Land ownership map (1916) - Blanco County. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

46 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 898 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 46 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, 1953-05-05, scale 1:69000
1953-05-05, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-05-05, scale 1:69000
1953-05-05, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-05-05, scale 1:69000
1953-05-05, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-05-05, scale 1:69000
1953-05-05, scale 1:69000. 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, 1962-09-28, scale 1:31000
1962-09-28, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-09-28, scale 1:31000
1962-09-28, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-09-28, scale 1:31000
1962-09-28, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-09-28, scale 1:31000
1962-09-28, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-02, scale 1:31000
1963-01-02, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-02, scale 1:31000
1963-01-02, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-02, scale 1:31000
1963-01-02, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-01-02, scale 1:31000
1963-01-02, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-01-26, scale 1:29600
1966-01-26, scale 1:29600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-01-26, scale 1:29600
1966-01-26, scale 1:29600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-01-26, scale 1:29600
1966-01-26, scale 1:29600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-01-26, scale 1:29600
1966-01-26, scale 1:29600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-13, scale 1:111064
1970-03-13, scale 1:111064. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-13, scale 1:112901
1970-03-13, scale 1:112901. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-13, scale 1:111672
1970-03-13, scale 1:111672. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-13, scale 1:113649
1970-03-13, scale 1:113649. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-01-21, scale 1:121089
1971-01-21, scale 1:121089. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-01-21, scale 1:119350
1971-01-21, scale 1:119350. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-01-21, scale 1:119350
1971-01-21, scale 1:119350. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-01-21, scale 1:119244
1971-01-21, scale 1:119244. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-11-16, scale 1:49292
1973-11-16, scale 1:49292. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-11-16, scale 1:50559
1973-11-16, scale 1:50559. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-11-16, scale 1:50559
1973-11-16, scale 1:50559. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-11-16, scale 1:50559
1973-11-16, scale 1:50559. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-12-14, scale 1:80000
1977-12-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-12-14, scale 1:80000
1977-12-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-12-14, scale 1:80000
1977-12-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-12-14, scale 1:80000
1977-12-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-02-28, scale 1:65000
1982-02-28, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-02-28, scale 1:65130
1982-02-28, scale 1:65130. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-02-28, scale 1:65000
1982-02-28, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-02-28, scale 1:64500
1982-02-28, scale 1:64500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1985-04-01, scale 1:29000
1985-04-01, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1985-04-02, scale 1:29000
1985-04-02, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1985-04-02, scale 1:29000
1985-04-02, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1985-04-02, scale 1:29000
1985-04-02, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1986-04-19, scale 1:25400
1986-04-19, scale 1:25400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1986-04-19, scale 1:25400
1986-04-19, scale 1:25400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

44 stations, 1 gage

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

9 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.

  • 16-1Justice Precinct 1: Johnson City
  • 16-2Justice Precinct 1 - That part east of U. S. Hwy. 281, outside Johnson City
  • 16-3Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of U. S. Hwy. 281, outside Johnson City
  • 16-4Justice Precinct 2
  • 16-5Justice Precinct 3
  • 16-6Justice Precinct 4: Blanco town
  • 16-7Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of Blanco River, outside Blanco town
  • 16-8Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Blanco River, outside Blanco town
  • 16-9Justice Precinct 5

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

545 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 545 of them, burning about 15,772 acres. 8 started naturally and 10 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning289
Missing data/not specified/undetermined126
Equipment and vehicle use79
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use1,035 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3M RANCH FIRE
17 February 2004Debris and open burning1,000 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILL COUNTRY - 6
11 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use800 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use800 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined700 acresTexas A & M Forest Service18360
18 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined680 acresBalcones Canyon National Wildlife RefugeSMITH WEST
20 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use500 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMAENIUS
4 March 2008Equipment and vehicle use489 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCYPRESS VALLEY RANCH

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

Storms, 1958 to 2025

60 of 249 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 249 reports for this county, causing 5 deaths, 14 injuries and about $58,603,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail124
Flash Flood73
Thunderstorm Wind31
Tornado19
Funnel Cloud1
Flood1

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
November 2001Flash FloodCountywide1 killed, 10 hurt, $100,000Rainfall redeveloped in the early morning hours over Blanco County, with amounts approaching 4 inches by 0500 CST and approaching 6 inches near 0700 CST. Heavy rainfall continued into the mid morning on the 15th, then began to diminish. By that time, general 5 to 6 inch rainfall was reported across the county, with isolated totals of up to 10 inches over much of the central part of the county and maximum amounts just over 12 inches near Twin Sisters. A 64-year old man was drowned when he tried to drive across a low water crossing over CR102. One other passenger in the vehicle was rescued when a passing motorist was able to throw him a rope. The victim was unable to hold onto the rope and was swept away.
May 2015Flash FloodBlanco1 killed, $20,000,000Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM 1623 along the Blanco River. A 42 year old man died in his vehicle along the Blanco River near downtown Blanco. Flooding along the Blanco River in the town of Blanco was substantial. Water came up to the bottom of the Highway 281 bridge in Blanco. Water overtopped the Loop 163 bridge east of Blanco. The Blanco River overtopped County Road 165 and destroyed that bridge. Portions of the Blanco State Park were heavily damaged with cabins flooded. There were a total of 22 homes either destroyed or heavily damaged. Monetary losses were unavailable at the time of this writing but estimated to be more than several million dollars with losses to homes/structures and road infrastructure.
May 2019Flash FloodBlanco1 killedThunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. At approximately 8:07 PM local time, Blanco County Fire/EMS responded to a call about a vehicle that had been swept away due to flood waters on the Blanco River just east of the City of Blanco. One passenger was found downstream 800 yards of where the vehicle went into the water. She was rescued successfully but a second passenger, a 74 year old woman, was found deceased about 60 yards from the vehicle at approximately 10:56 PM.
May 2015Flash FloodTwin Sisters1 killedThunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of the Little Blanco River. An 81 year old man was swept away near FM 473 at FM 32 and died. His body was found on May 28th near the Blanco/Hays County line. He escaped his car but was not able to survive the flood waters.
May 2007Flash FloodJohnson City1 killedRainfall between Johnson City and Twin Sisters averaged from 1 to 2 inches in showers and thunderstorms, with up to 5 inches falling near Johnson City. Many of the rural roads, including FM2766, FM165, and FM32, were closed due to flash flooding. As a father and his two daughters, aged 6 and 7, attempted to drive through a low water crossing on the Blanco River just after 0500 CST on County Road 407, his pickup truck was caught in high water. He tried to back out of the water, but the current carried the vehicle across the bridge where it flipped over, landed upside down and was immediately submerged. The father grabbed onto both daughters and attempted to swim to safety, but lost his grip on the younger daughter. The father and his older daughter were able to swim to safety but the younger daughter drowned.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Round Mtn2 hurt, $1,000,000A small tornado touched down near Round Mountain in northern Blanco County. It first appeared to touch down near RR 962 then moved northeast by Coyote Trail before impacting two RV parks on Hwy 281 and Hof Brau. Estimates from Blanco County Emergency Management show that a total of approximately 60 residences were impacted with at least 11 being completely destroyed and eight more sustaining major damage. There were two minor injuries. The tornado continued moving northeast and crossed the Blanco/Burnet County line near Creek Ln. and then dissipated in southern Burnet County near CR 401 S.
May 1969Tornado (F3)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
August 1980Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000,000no account filed
May 2024HailJohnson City$10,000,000A thunderstorm produced 6.12 inch diameter hail in Johnson City. This measurement was estimated using a photo of the hailstone with a measuring tape and then adjusting using machine size estimate work from the IBHS (Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety). As of this writing there is no official estimate of property damages from either private insurance (cars, roofs, etc) or from county/city property such as county owned schools, county-city vehicles, etc. Am putting an estimate of 10 million dollars as a starting point guesstimate. Will update at a later time if data allows for a more accurate damage estimate.
June 1997Flash FloodCountywide$1,000,000no account filed
May 1976Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBlanco$200,000Winds from severe thunderstorms blew down trees down and damaged power lines between Blanco and Johnson City. Power was out to both cities for several hours. The storms also caused damage to roofs in Johnson City, with considerable damage to the roof of the Blanco County Jail.
April 2006Tornado (F1)Johnson City$150,000A second tornado touched down west of Johnson City very close to the time of the first tornado. This tornado was on the ground for three-quarters of a mile and destroyed 3 barns as it moved east.
June 2007Flash FloodCypress Mill$100,000Two lines of thunderstorms, one moving south from the Dallas area and one moving southeast from the Abilene area, intersected and stalled near Marble Falls, producing rainfall of 8 to 10 inches in extreme northern Blanco County with up to 14 inches near Round Mountain. Flash flooding developed in the early morning hours and continued into mid morning, resulting in the closing of most roads in northern Blanco County. Among the major roads closed due to high water were FM962 and US281.
August 2007Flash FloodTwin Sisters$100,000The extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Erin moved into Blanco County in the late afternoon, producing a general 3 to 5 inch total over the southwestern part of the county. Highest rain amounts were 6 inches between Blanco and Twin Sisters. All roads from Blanco southward were reported to be closed due to high water.
June 1997Flash FloodCountywide$100,000no account filed
April 2006Tornado (F1)Hye$50,000A small tornado was spotted by the public as it touched down east of Hye. The tornado destroyed a barn, then lifted back up into the parent thunderstorm. No other damage was indicated.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindJohnson City$50,000As a cold front tracked southward into the Texas Hill Country near noon on July 23, a line of thunderstorms that had formed along the front moved toward the south and southwest. As the line moved into southern Blanco County, it produced a downburst estimated at 60 knots that blew down hundreds of trees. No other damage was indicated.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindRound Mtn$50,000Severe winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees in and around Round Mountain.
October 1998Flash FloodCountywide$50,000no account filed
June 2002Flash FloodCountywide$30,000General 3 to 4 inch rainfall totals with isolated amounts of up to 9 inches.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindBlanco$30,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and took the roof off a building.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindCountywide$30,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindLbj National Park Hq$30,000no account filed
May 1976Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1969Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindTwin Sisters$20,000Trees were reported blown down by severe thunderstorm winds.
August 2001Flash FloodSouth Portion$20,000no account filed
September 2001Flash FloodCountywide$20,000no account filed
March 1998Flash FloodCountywide$15,000no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBlanco$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 90 mph that tore part of the roof off a house north of Blanco.
November 2000Flash FloodSouth Portion$10,000no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
May 1997Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
May 1997Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindTwin Sisters$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that blew down trees near Hwy 281 and FM 473 in southern Blanco County.
February 2003Flash FloodCountywide$5,000Flash flooding began in the mid morning and continued into the afternoon as general 1 to 2 inch rainfall was indicated across the county. The flash flooding was made worse by the saturated soils across the county.
February 2003Flash FloodCountywide$5,000Flash flooding developed in the early morning hours over most county low water crossings as a result of general 1 to 2 inch rainfall. Isolated totals to near 3 inches were reported. The flash flooding was more severe than usual due to the very saturated nature of county soils.
June 2003Flash FloodSouth Portion$5,000The line of showers and thunderstorms moved into Blanco County in the late afternoon, producing general rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches over the south part of the county. Highest totals were near the community of Twin Sisters, south of Blanco, where between 3 and 4 inches was reported. Flash flooding was reported on FM473 between Twin Sisters and Kendalia, in Kendall County, through the early evening.
October 1993HailBlanco$5,000Hail up to golf ball-size hit Round Mountain for the second time that night. Golf ball-size hail was also reported in the City of Blanco. At 4:55 local time golf ball-size hail was reported in Blanco again. Several windows were broken out this time and several trees were damaged. High winds uprooted some trees.
November 2000Flash FloodNorth Portion$5,000no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodCountywide$5,000no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000no account filed
March 1994HailJohnson City$5,000no account filed
March 1994HailBlanco$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailRound Mountain$5,000no account filed
November 2001Tornado (F0)Blanco$3,000A tornado, rated F0, moved from 10 miles northeast of Blanco to 13 miles northeast of Blanco. It was spotted in open country and damage was limited to trees knocked over by the tornado.
June 1997Flash FloodCountywide$3,000Additional heavy rain of up to 2 inches in 2 hours falling over the county redeveloped flash flooding.
April 1997Flash FloodCountywide$3,000Flash flooding was reported over much of the county due to general 3 inch rainfall.
July 1998Flash FloodWest Portion$3,000no account filed
August 1972Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHye$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts of 60 mph that knocked down small tree limbs near Hye.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTwin Sisters$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down small tree limbs near Twin Sisters.
May 2025HailHye-A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail near Hye.
October 2025Tornado (EFU)Twin Sisters-A tornado touched down in Kendall County approximately four miles southwest of Kendalia traveled 9.8 miles to the east crossed into Blanco County approximately a quarter of a mile west-northwest of the intersection of Hwy 281 and FM 306 continued east a quarter of a mile to the Comal County line a tenth of mile northwest of the Hwy 281/FM 306 intersection and continued another 10.2 miles east before dissipating after crossing FM 306 near Hancock Rd. No damage was found over its short path through Blanco County. Damage ratings were EF-0 in Kendall County and EF-1 in Comal. The path width was 300 yards.
March 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced nickel to penny size hail just west of Johnson City.
May 2024Flash FloodJohnson City-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Miller Creek Loop Rd. south of Johnson City.
May 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced ping pong size hail in Johnson City.
May 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Johnson City.

Mines and quarries

5 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 5 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 4 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Lead, Zinc1
Stone1
Talc-Soapstone1
Stone, Crushed/Broken1
Phosphorus-Phosphates1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blowout Cave MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Comanche Creek AreaTalc-SoapstonePast ProducerMetamorphic
Dolostone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone QuarryStonePast ProducerLimestone
Scott Klett ProspectLead, ZincOccurrenceStratabound

Every populated place in the county

13

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

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

1 structure

The vanished settlements of Blanco 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.