Eckert, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stonewall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78675. It stands on South Branch Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willow City quadrangle. It stands 1,739 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Fredericksburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Willow City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Eckert between 2005 and 2018, burning about 3,284 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROMARA LN |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16 NORTH |
| 1 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLOW LOOP |
| 9 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD WILLOW RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eckert: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legion Creek Area | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eckert in 16 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 12 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Hail | Eckert | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball to golf ball size hail and wind gusts estimated at 60 mph on a ranch west of Eckert. Wind driven hail broke windows in the house. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Eckert | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding sending water from Sandy Creek over RM 965 near Enchanted Rock State Park. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Eckert | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Eckert. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Eckert | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Willow City. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Eckert | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southeast of Enchanted Rock State Park. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Eckert | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Eckert. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Eckert | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter to ping pong ball size northwest of Eckert. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Eckert | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail east of Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eckert | - | Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down several large trees near Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eckert | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some large trees. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Eckert | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Teague Rd. was cut off by Crabapple Creek. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Eckert | - | A resident reported quarter size hail at the Trois Estate near Enchanted Rock. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Eckert | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Eckert | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Eckert | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Eckert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow City | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Crabapple | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cherry Mountain | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Fredericksburg | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hilltop | 12.3 miles | 11 | |
| Stonewall | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Blumenthal | 13.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rocky Hill | 13.4 miles | 11 |
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 Eckert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5332888 | 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 1379698. 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.





