Bulverde, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Canyon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78163. The Survey maps it on the Bulverde quadrangle. 5,692 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.
On record in Bulverde
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Kappelmann-Mayer Ranchlisted 2020
Population over time
2 figuresBulverde grew from 4,630 to 5,692 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,630 | |
| 2020 | 5,692 | +1,062 (+23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Bulverde quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Bulverde quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Bulverde quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Bulverde between 2005 and 2012, burning about 860 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIMBERLINE FIRE |
| 16 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITHSON VALLEY FIRE |
| 7 August 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BULVERDE CROSSING |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 440 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLANCO ROAD - 67 |
| 23 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGH RIDGE |
| 2 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 145 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OBST |
| 14 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONGHORN TRAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bulverde in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Bulverde | 1 killed | From 1 to 2 inches of rain fell across western Comal County, with up to 5 inches from Spring Branch to Fischer. Widespread flash flooding developed and two cars were washed off FM306. Just before 9 pm CST, a woman and her husband were attempting to cross a low area along FM306 when their vehicle stalled in high water and was carried into Rebecca Creek. As the couple attempted to leave the vehicle, the woman was washed away and drowned. Her body was found the following day. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $50,000 | A bow-shaped echo across Comal, Bexar and Wilson Counties began producing severe winds just before midnight that were estimated generally in the 60 to 70 knot range. The storms produced widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 knots, with spotty higher gusts near 70 knots. Most of the damage was to trees that were knocked over in the southern portion of Comal County. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Bulverde | $30,000 | Persistent thunderstorms on the morning of June 28 over northwest Bexar County and south and central Comal County produced from 2 to 3 inches of rain. Highest rain totals in Comal County were 5 inches just south of Canyon Dam. Closed to high water were FM311, FM2673, and FM3159. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down multiple trees and power poles in Bulverde. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over large trees near Bulverde. |
| March 1994 | Hail | Bulverde | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that broke large tree limbs that were four to five inches in diameter. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph than knocked down some large trees in Bulverde. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls in Bulverde. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Bulverde | - | Slow-moving thunderstorms produced 2-4 inches of rain in the Bulverde area. Inundation occurred at low-water crossings and other streets, including along Mustang Vista and in Oak Village North. Water rescues were reported. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Bulverde. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of quarters in Bulverde. Most of the hail was dime size. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near the intersection of Hwy 281 and FM 1863 in Bulverde. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size hail near Bulverde for about 30 seconds. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Bulverde. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Bulverde. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Bulverde. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down a large business sign in Bulverde. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to half dollar size in Bulverde. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Bulverde | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Stahl Ln. near Smithson Valley Rd. east of Bulverde. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A pilot reported two tornados over the north part of Comal County. No damage was reported. The Bulverde Police Department reported dime-size hail in town. |
| November 2002 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulverde South (historical) | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bulverde East (historical) | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Anhalt | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Bulverde West (historical) | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Honey Creek | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Cliff Acres | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Smithson Valley | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Hills | 8.2 miles | 10 |
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 Bulverde | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981181 | The 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 1378070. 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.






