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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1887 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Castell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOSHUA |
| 29 August 2012 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH29/BAUERVILLE RD/R.LEIFESTE...COUNTY LINE |
| 16 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DIAMOND CROSS |
| 10 July 2005 | Natural | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YEAGER RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolph Sneider Place | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Schneider Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite |
Storms near this place
21 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castell | $100,000 | A 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castell | $5,000 | A 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castell | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down power lines east of Castell. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Castell | - | 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Castell | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Castell | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail along Hwy 29 north of Castell. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Castell | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter to ping pong ball size southeast of Castell. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Castell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing multiple roads around the county including CR 405. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Castell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing RM 152 along the Llano River from Castell to Llano. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Castell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing RR152 west of the city of Llano along the Llano River. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Castell | - | A thunderstorm produced hail from pea size to one inch. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Castell | - | An individual reported golf ball size hail southeast of Castell. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Castell | - | 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 2005 | Flash Flood | Castell | - | 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 2014 | Hail | Castell | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Castell | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Castell | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Castell | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Castell | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Castell | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Castell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Crossing | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie Mountain | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Valley Spring | 13.2 miles | 18 | |
| Field Creek | 13.9 miles | 17 | |
| Oxford | 14.9 miles | 16 | |
| Llano | 15.4 miles | 17 | |
| Baby Head (historical) | 20.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lone Grove | 21.6 miles | 16 |
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 Castell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5049663 | 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 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.










