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Castell, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78643. It stands on Lang Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castell quadrangle. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.

Castell within Llano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

29 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Castell between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,032 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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 burning8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2017Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJOSHUA
29 August 2012Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH29/BAUERVILLE RD/R.LEIFESTE...COUNTY LINE
16 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDIAMOND CROSS
10 July 2005Natural80 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 May 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceYEAGER RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Llano County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Castell: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Adolph Sneider PlaceCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Schneider ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Chalcopyrite

Every working recorded in Llano County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castell in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 hail, 7 flash flood, 3 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
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCastell$100,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 90 mph in the Castell area. A chimney was knocked off a house on FM 2768, the garage door was blown in on the volunteer fire department building off of CR 152, and trees were damaged across the area. East of town a recreational vehicle was tipped over east of town off CR 152 and sections of metal roof were blown off a house.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCastell$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that knocked down a few trees along Hwy 29 north of Castell. This storm also produced ping pong ball size hail.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCastell$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down power lines east of Castell.
July 2025Flash FloodCastell-Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced 7 to 20 inches of rain over the Llano River watershed in Mason County sending a flood wave downstream into Llano County where 2-9 inches of rain fell. There was flash flooding around Castell where the Llano River overtopped the FM 2768 bridge.
July 2025Flash FloodCastell-Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced 7 to 20 inches of rain over the Llano River watershed in Mason County sending a flood wave downstream into Llano County where 2-9 inches of rain fell. Flood water washed out portions of the CR 103 bridge across the river between Castell and Llano.
June 2023HailCastell-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail along Hwy 29 north of Castell.
May 2021HailCastell-A thunderstorm produced quarter to ping pong ball size southeast of Castell.
October 2018Flash FloodCastell-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing multiple roads around the county including CR 405.
April 2017Flash FloodCastell-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing RM 152 along the Llano River from Castell to Llano.
May 2016Flash FloodCastell-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing RR152 west of the city of Llano along the Llano River.
May 2011HailCastell-A thunderstorm produced hail from pea size to one inch.
March 2009HailCastell-An individual reported golf ball size hail southeast of Castell.
May 2007Flash FloodCastell-Thunderstorms through the late afternoon produced a general rainfall of 1 to 2 inches over western Llano and Gillespie Counties. Up to 4 inches fell in the area from Castell to the Gillespie County line. Rural roads in west and southwest Llano County were closed, including FM152 at the Llano River.
May 2005Flash FloodCastell-Between 1 and 2 inches of rain generally fell between Castell and Llano, with highest totals near 3 inches 5 miles southwest of Llano. CR152 was flooded at its intersection with SH29. CR2323 was closed southwest of Llano.
April 2014HailCastell-no account filed
May 2012HailCastell-no account filed
May 2006HailCastell-no account filed
May 1999HailCastell-no account filed
May 1999HailCastell-no account filed
February 1998HailCastell-no account filed
March 1998HailCastell-no account filed

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
Scotts Crossing7.8 miles15
Prairie Mountain10.5 miles15
Valley Spring13.2 miles18
Field Creek13.9 miles17
Oxford14.9 miles16
Llano15.4 miles17
Baby Head (historical)20.6 miles17
Lone Grove21.6 miles16

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 CastellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5049663The 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 1379514. 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.