Fischer, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Canyon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78623. It lies near Kuhn Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fischer quadrangle. It stands 1,148 feet above sea level.
On record in Fischer
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
Fischer Historic Districtlisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Smithsons Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS Smithson Valley No. 1 quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Fischer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Fischer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Fischer between 2000 and 2020, burning about 848 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUFFALO GULCH |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 32 |
| 10 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MYSTIC SHORES |
| 31 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CANYON SHORES |
| 28 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 33 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fischer in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2000 | Hail | Fischer | $100,000 | The hail was reported to have damaged several homes, with even greater damage to vehicles. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fischer | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew over a tree in Fischer. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fischer | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down numerous large trees at a house off Hwy 32 near Fischer. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fischer | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew over several large Oak trees. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Fischer | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain leading to flash flooding. The Comal County Sheriff reported several low water crossings flooded. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Fischer | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Fischer. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Fischer | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Fischer | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Fischer | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Fischer | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Fischer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranes Mill | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Canyon Lake | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Canyon Springs | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Westhaven | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Canyon Lake Forest | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Canyon City | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Startzville | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sattler | 10.1 miles | 14 |
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 Fischer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5454416 | 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 1373720. 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.










