Morris Ranch, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Harper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78624. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morris Ranch quadrangle. It stands 1,742 feet above sea level.
On record in Morris Ranch
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Morris Ranch Schoolhouselisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1894 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Morris Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Morris Ranch between 2005 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2093 & WHITE OAK RD. |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | USENER RD |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIRACUSA 2 ACRE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Morris Ranch: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mollendorf and Son Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morris Ranch in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Morris Ranch | 1 killed, $10,000 | At 9:26 p.m. CDT Saturday, March 21, the Gillespie County Sheriff's Office and Fredericksburg Fire EMS responded to a report of a vehicle that had been swept away by fast-moving water at the Pedernales River crossing on Alfred Petsch Road. Upon arrival, it was determined that there had been four occupants in a vehicle, ages 36, 15, 14, and 13. Three people made it out of the vehicle safely but the 14-year-old was missing. Shortly after 11 p.m. CDT, the girl was located in the water about a mile from where the vehicle was. Emergency personnel began CPR and transported her to Hill Country Memorial Hospital where she was later pronounced dead. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Morris Ranch | - | A thunderstorm produced four inch diameter hail along Hwy 16 in the southwestern corner of Gillespie County. Twitter had multiple pictures of similar size hail in this area. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris Ranch | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph near Morris Ranch. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Morris Ranch | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Hwy 16 was closed due to the flooding along the Pedernales River southwest of Fredericksburg. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Morris Ranch | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing FM 2093 along the Pedernales River. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Morris Ranch | - | Golf ball size hail among mostly quarter sized hail was reported north of Morris Ranch by local broadcast media. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Morris Ranch | - | There was two feet of water over the roadway at low water crossing on Alfred Petsch Rd near the Pedernales River. The road was closed due to high water at the low water crossing at Pfiester Rd near the Pedernales River. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Morris Ranch | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail that shredded leaves. Smaller hail fell for 15 minutes. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Morris Ranch | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail. This storm also produced quarter size hail four miles west of Fredericksburg. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Morris Ranch | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail on Tivydale Road which broke the observer's rain gauge. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Morris Ranch | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tivydale | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fredericksburg | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cain City | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Grapetown | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rocky Hill | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cherry Mountain | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hilltop | 12.7 miles | 11 | |
| Harper | 13.6 miles | 11 |
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 Morris Ranch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6913862 | 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 1341940. 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.





