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Gruene, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78130. The Survey maps it on the New Braunfels East quadrangle.

Gruene within Comal County

On record in Gruene

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 14 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

170 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Gruene between 2005 and 2020, burning about 542 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1101 FIRE
6 September 2009Smoking110 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWATSON LANE
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-90
3 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-02
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARK ROAD
27 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-23
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOFFMAN LN FIRE
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-65

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gruene: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brauntex Pit & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Tilden Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Odgen Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Txi Cement Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hays County Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kollman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Comal County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gruene in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 hail, 6 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2019Thunderstorm WindGruene$300,000The roof of a truck stop near I-35 was heavily damaged due to strong winds.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindGruene$30,000Severe thunderstorm winds produced very heavy rain, followed by damaging winds that blew down large Trees in the Oak Run subdivision in Gruene.
May 2013HailGruene$2,000A thunderstorm produced hail one half to three quarters of an inch in diameter that dented a car.
March 2024HailGruene-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Gruene.
April 2024HailGruene-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at the intersection of Goodwin Ln. and Conrads Ln. in northeastern New Braunfels.
August 2016Flash FloodGruene-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing low water crossings on Hueco Springs Loop Rd., River Canyon, Stahl Ln., and Smithson Valley Rd.
May 2016Flash FloodGruene-The combination of releases from Canyon Lake and heavy rain from thunderstorms sent the Guadalupe River over the Gruene Bridge.
October 2015Flash FloodGruene-Several areas along Highway 1102 were flooded and impassable. Comal ISD had a delay in the morning with classes eventually being cancelled due to significant flooding across all of Comal County. Rainfall totals of 6-12 inches were common across the County especially out near Canyon Lake.
November 2014Flash FloodGruene-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing River Rd. at Loop 337 and Gruene Rd. at Business 35 in New Braunfels.
May 2014Flash FloodGruene-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Eight roads in New Braunfels were closed due to flooding.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGruene-A thunderstorm produced straightline microburst wind gusts estimated at 58 mph which uprooted numerous large trees and knocked down large tree branches.
May 2010HailGruene-A thunderstorm produced pea to penny size hail for two minutes.
June 2010Flash FloodGruene-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding and closed Hueco Springs Loop, Krueger Canyon and Herbelin Roads.
May 2021HailGruene-no account filed
May 2021HailGruene-no account filed
April 2017HailGruene-no account filed
April 2013HailGruene-no account filed
May 1995HailGruene-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
Thorn Hill0.4 miles14
Preiss Heights0.8 miles14
Landa Park Highlands2.3 miles14
Freiheit2.4 miles14
New Braunfels2.7 miles14
First Crossing2.7 miles14
Second Crossing4.1 miles14
Jentsch Acres4.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1337053. 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.