Horseshoe Bay, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It lies in ZIP code area 78657. It stands on Slickrock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marble Falls quadrangle. 4,257 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHorseshoe Bay grew from 3,418 to 4,257 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,418 | |
| 2020 | 4,257 | +839 (+25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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 Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Burnet 3-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Horseshoe Bay between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,199 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19455 |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19452 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRAIRIE CREEK |
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN PILES |
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOBEYVILLE |
| 2 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 123 HICKORY CREEK |
| 9 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 acres | Balcones Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | TRIMAC |
| 6 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DRIFTWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Horseshoe Bay: 17 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite, Limestone, High Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Mine | Limestone, High Calcium | Producer | Limestone | |
| Phosphate Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Capitol Marble and Granite Tx Pink | Granite | Producer | ||
| Texas Granite Corp Pearl Gray Qy | Granite | Producer | ||
| Colaska Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Pearl Gray Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Sunset Beige Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Sunset Red Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Texas Pink Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Bilbrough Marble Botticino Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horseshoe Bay in 2 storm reports in 1996: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horseshoe Bay | $30,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horseshoe Bay | $20,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Beach Village | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Kingsland | 9.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lakeside Heights | 10.5 miles | 20 | |
| Click | 12.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gainesville | 13.2 miles | 15 | |
| Buchanan Dam | 14.1 miles | 20 | |
| Golden Beach | 18.8 miles | 18 | |
| Stolz | 19.6 miles | 16 |
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 Horseshoe Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982068 | 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 1867551. 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.












