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Bertram, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bertram census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78605. The Survey maps it on the Bertram quadrangle. 1,616 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,263 feet above sea level.

Bertram within Burnet County

Population over time

2 figures

Bertram grew from 1,353 to 1,616 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,353
20201,616+263 (+19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

167 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Bertram between 2002 and 2020, burning about 952 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2006Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0000349
18 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnet County

Storms near this place

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bertram in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBertram$5,000,000Widespread damage occurred in the town of Bertram as a large thunderstorm moved east through the town. Numerous large mature trees were uprooted in town as well as several buildings sustained roof damage. The damage survey estimates winds of 70 to 80 mph hit the town.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindBertram$100,000A National Weather Service damage survey of the Bertram area found wind damage was caused by strong microburst winds. In particular, building damage in Bertram occurred along Hwy 29 between FM 243 and North East St. There was roof damage at several businesses as well as roof and wall failures of 2 buildings near the Highway 29|and North Grange St. intersection. Debris was blown generally west to east with |estimated winds at 75 mph. The damage was highly concentrated in this area of Bertram with no direct evidence of a tornado. Flying debris caused additional damage including broken windows at the Bertram library. As the severe thunderstorm moved|east along Highway 29, additional roof damage was observed near Reed Circle.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBertram$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that damaged some barns near Bertram.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBertram$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that downed trees along CR 210A north of Bertram.
March 2021HailBertram$2,000A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail that broke through a skylight on a house in Bertram.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBertram$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that blew down two Oak trees.
May 2025HailBertram-A thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar size hail in Bertram.
May 2025HailBertram-A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail south of Bertram.
May 2025HailBertram-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Bertram.
July 2025Flash FloodBertram-Slow-moving thunderstorms brought heavy rain for several hours. Burnet Municipal Airport reported 8.67 inches of rain, and an LCRA gauge in Burnet reported 11.67 inches. The heavy rain flooded FM 243 and FM 1174 and made them impassable in Bertram.
May 2023HailBertram-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Bertram.
April 2021HailBertram-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Bertram.
April 2021HailBertram-A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail in Bertram.
September 2018Flash FloodBertram-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Several low water crossings on CR 330 were flooded along the South Fork of the San Gabriel River southwest of Bertram.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBertram-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged trees and several structures on the northwest side of Bertram.
August 2016Flash FloodBertram-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM243 at FM1174 near Bertram.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBertram-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that downed numerous trees and damaged one house off Highway 1174 near Joppa.
March 2012Flash FloodBertram-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of low crossings closing FM1174 north of Highway 29 outside of Bertram.
March 2012Flash FloodBertram-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of low water crossings closing FM243 from Highway 29 to US183 between Bertram and Mahomet.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindBertram-A resident reported a measured wind gust of 67 mph along with small hail and said some of their animals were missing as a result.
October 2009Flash FloodBertram-Heavy rain caused flooding which closed FM 1174 along with numerous low water crossings.
May 2007Flash FloodBertram-Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 2 to 3 inch rain amounts over northern Burnet County. Flash flooding put water over SH183 at Mesquite Creek. FM963 was closed at CR233 and FM243 was closed at Oatmeal.
November 2004Tornado (F0)Bertram-Deputies from the Burnet County Sheriff's Department reported that a small tornado had touched down briefly in open country east of Bertram. It moved toward the northeast for about one tenth of a mile, the lifted and dissipated. No damage was reported. The tornado was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale.
May 2018HailBertram-no account filed
May 2011HailBertram-no account filed
May 2011HailBertram-no account filed
May 2011HailBertram-no account filed
November 2004HailBertram-no account filed
April 1998HailBertram-no account filed
July 1998HailBertram-no account filed
April 1997HailBertram-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burnet County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oatmeal3.8 miles17
Shady Grove5.3 miles14
Joppa5.8 miles14
Mahomet8.5 miles13
Burnet9.2 miles15
Gandy9.5 miles17
Sudduth12.0 miles19
Briggs12.2 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BertramAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979662The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1372510. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.

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.