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Cedar Creek, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek-Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78612. It stands on Maha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lytton Springs quadrangle. 3,154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 423 feet above sea level.

Cedar Creek within Bastrop County

On record in Cedar Creek

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

322 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,739 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
Debris and open burning245
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARTIN LN
9 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service362 OLD 71
8 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceESCONDIDO
8 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTUCK ST
8 September 1992Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined719 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNION CHAPEL
5 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bastrop County

Storms near this place

20 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Creek in 20 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2015Tornado (EF1)Cedar Creek1 hurtA NWS storm survey team concluded a tornado touched down just west of Cedar Creek in Bastrop County. The tornado snapped and uprooted many trees. Twelve homes along the path of the tornado were damaged with barns and a large greenhouse destroyed. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek$150,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn, damaged two other barns, and overturned a mobile home in the Cedar Creek area.
June 2007Flash FloodCedar Creek$30,000Thunderstorms produced 2 to 3 inch rain totals over northwest Bastrop County, with up to 4 inches between Cedar Creek and Utley. Many roads in Bastrop County were closed due to high water, including FM969 and FM1704.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Cedar Creek$10,000A small, weak tornado touched down along County Road 242, McDonald Ln. E., and generally toward the east producing EF0 damage to a home at the corner of Martins Crossing Dr. and Single Oak Crossing. There was damage to several fences and the roof and chimney of one house. Winds were estimated to be 80 mph.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that caused damage to some trees and a house in Cedar Creek.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that damaged some awnings and other structures.
May 2019Flash FloodCedar Creek-Thunderstorm produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Hwy 21 near Maha Creek in Cedar Creek.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that caused heavy damage to a residential structure.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew over several very large trees.
March 2012Flash FloodCedar Creek-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Jenkins Rd and FM535 near Cedar Creek.
January 2012Flash FloodCedar Creek-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding in several subdivisions in and near Cedar Creek. A CoCoRAHS observer west-northwest of Bastrop reported 9.35 inches of rain from these storms.
May 2011HailCedar Creek-A thunderstorm produced pea to penny size hail for 10 minutes.
June 2007Flash FloodCedar Creek-Thunderstorms over Bastrop County produced between 1 and 2 inches of rain, with highest amounts near 4 inches in the Bastrop area. FM20 and FM1441 were closed due to high water.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek-Severe thunderstorm winds blew down several oak trees along FM535 near Cedar Creek.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek-The Bastrop County Sheriff's Department reported several trees blown down near Cedar Creek by severe thunderstorm winds.
May 2011HailCedar Creek-no account filed
May 2006HailCedar Creek-no account filed
May 2006HailCedar Creek-no account filed
March 2005HailCedar Creek-no account filed
April 2004HailCedar Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bastrop 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
Wyldwood3.3 miles17
Elysium5.6 miles18
Shiloh (historical)6.2 miles15
Rockne7.3 miles11
Utley7.8 miles17
Watterson9.0 miles11
Red Rock9.3 miles11
Clearview9.3 miles17

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 Cedar CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5056603The 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 1332390. 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.