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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.

Bulverde within Comal County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Bulverde 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,630
20205,692+1,062 (+23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

79 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTIMBERLINE FIRE
16 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMITHSON VALLEY FIRE
7 August 2010Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBULVERDE CROSSING
4 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use440 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLANCO ROAD - 67
23 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGH RIDGE
2 August 2012Debris and open burning145 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOBST
14 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLONGHORN TRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2007Flash FloodBulverde1 killedFrom 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 2007Thunderstorm WindBulverde$50,000A 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 2007Flash FloodBulverde$30,000Persistent 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 2019Thunderstorm WindBulverde$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down multiple trees and power poles in Bulverde.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBulverde$10,000Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over large trees near Bulverde.
March 1994HailBulverde$5,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBulverde$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that broke large tree limbs that were four to five inches in diameter.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindBulverde$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph than knocked down some large trees in Bulverde.
May 2025HailBulverde-A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls in Bulverde.
July 2025Flash FloodBulverde-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 2023HailBulverde-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Bulverde.
June 2023HailBulverde-A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of quarters in Bulverde. Most of the hail was dime size.
June 2023HailBulverde-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near the intersection of Hwy 281 and FM 1863 in Bulverde.
June 2022HailBulverde-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail near Bulverde for about 30 seconds.
April 2019HailBulverde-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Bulverde.
May 2019HailBulverde-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Bulverde.
June 2019HailBulverde-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Bulverde.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBulverde-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down a large business sign in Bulverde.
May 2017HailBulverde-A thunderstorm produced hail up to half dollar size in Bulverde.
September 2016Flash FloodBulverde-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Stahl Ln. near Smithson Valley Rd. east of Bulverde.
May 1993HailBulverde-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 2002HailBulverde-no account filed
April 2002HailBulverde-no account filed
March 2001HailBulverde-no account filed
January 1998HailBulverde-no account filed
February 1998HailBulverde-no account filed
May 1997HailBulverde-no account filed
September 1997HailBulverde-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Comal 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
Bulverde South (historical)1.5 miles15
Bulverde East (historical)3.4 miles15
Anhalt3.7 miles15
Bulverde West (historical)4.3 miles10
Honey Creek4.9 miles10
Oak Cliff Acres5.3 miles10
Smithson Valley7.8 miles15
Silver Hills8.2 miles10

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 BulverdeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981181The 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.