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Bluffton, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78607. It stands on Redrock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Buchanan quadrangle. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.

Bluffton within Llano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

16 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Bluffton between 2003 and 2020, burning about 2,146 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
6 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined376 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHIANS
5 August 2003Arson/incendiarism200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILL COUNTRY - 1
2 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest Service217
15 July 2005Debris and open burning800 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMULTIPLE FIRES
30 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined586 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLONE GROVE
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTOW ASSIST
2 March 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIGON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Llano County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bluffton: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, REE, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium, Beryllium, Lead, Uranium, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Molybdenum, Lithium, Rubidium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baringer Hill MineREE, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium, Beryllium, Lead, Uranium, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Molybdenum, Lithium, Rubidium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, ZincPast Producer1887
Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerGranite
Texas Crushed Stone Llano QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Llano County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluffton in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBluffton$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage to trees, roofs from Llano eastward.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBluffton$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 78 mph that knocked down numerous trees northwest of Buchanan Dam.
May 2024HailBluffton-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail along Hwy 261 on the west side of Lake Buchanan.
September 2011HailBluffton-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail and wind gusts estimated at 45 mph near Lake Buchanan.
June 2009HailBluffton-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail at the Bluffton Store.

Every storm recorded in Llano 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
Golden Beach1.7 miles18
Buchanan Lake Village3.0 miles18
Tow4.4 miles18
Lone Grove4.5 miles16
Stolz4.6 miles16
Buchanan Dam6.4 miles20
Baby Head (historical)9.8 miles17
Gainesville10.0 miles15

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 BlufftonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4930692The 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 1379435. 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.

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.