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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.

Fischer within Comal County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

63 since 2000

Regional 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Natural1

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 2006Equipment and vehicle use35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUFFALO GULCH
7 September 2006Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 32
10 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMYSTIC SHORES
31 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCANYON SHORES
28 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 33

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2000HailFischer$100,000The hail was reported to have damaged several homes, with even greater damage to vehicles.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFischer$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew over a tree in Fischer.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindFischer$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down numerous large trees at a house off Hwy 32 near Fischer.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindFischer$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew over several large Oak trees.
June 2025Flash FloodFischer-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain leading to flash flooding. The Comal County Sheriff reported several low water crossings flooded.
June 2019HailFischer-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Fischer.
April 2016HailFischer-no account filed
April 2016HailFischer-no account filed
June 1998HailFischer-no account filed
February 1998HailFischer-no account filed
February 1998HailFischer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Comal 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
Cranes Mill4.1 miles17
Canyon Lake7.0 miles17
Canyon Springs7.3 miles15
Westhaven7.7 miles15
Canyon Lake Forest7.9 miles15
Canyon City8.2 miles14
Startzville9.1 miles15
Sattler10.1 miles14

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 FischerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5454416The 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.