Fitzhugh, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dripping Springs-Wimberley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78736. It stands on Roy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dripping Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Blanco quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Blanco quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Dripping Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dripping Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Fitzhugh between 2005 and 2020, burning about 649 acres in total. None 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 104241 |
| 16 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 345 |
| 7 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FITZHUGH ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fitzhugh in 15 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fitzhugh | $25,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that damaged a rain barn. The structure was essentially a canopy constructed with metal posts and trusses. Part of the metal roof was peeled off the structure and some of the trusses were knocked off the posts. |
| October 2013 | Lightning | Fitzhugh | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced a lightning strike that caused a structural fire. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Fitzhugh | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail north of Dripping Springs. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Fitzhugh | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Dripping Springs. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Fitzhugh | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Dripping Springs. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fitzhugh | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph by a trained spotter near Bee Cave. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Fitzhugh | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Several low water crossings in northern Hays County were closed with feet of water over the roads. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Fitzhugh | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding resulting in a water rescue on Fitzhugh Rd. near Barton Creek and the Travis County line. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Fitzhugh | - | Several roads across the county were reported to have 3 to 4 inches of water over them. Road closures included Cole Springs Road and Goforth Road in the city of Kyle. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Fitzhugh | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding sending Barton Creek over Fitzhugh Rd. (FM101) with water up to the guardrails. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fitzhugh | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph snapped and uprooted multiple large trees and blew a wood fence approximately 30 yards. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fitzhugh | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that uprooted large trees, snapped four inch diameter tree limbs, and damaged the roof of a barn. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Fitzhugh | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Fitzhugh | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | Fitzhugh | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belterra | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Dripping Springs | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bear Creek | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Driftwood | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Gainor | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Henly | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hays | 11.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hays City | 13.8 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q130066031 | 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 1378296. 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.







