BlockRed Rock, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek-Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78662. It stands on Upper Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Red Rock quadrangle. 410 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 486 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 1993 and 2020, burning about 806 acres in total. 3 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEPHANIE LN |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOERTZ |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 114 |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOHN |
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1050 TRACK ROAD |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 7.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RED PINE |
| 30 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Rock in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Rock | $80,000 | After exiting Caldwell and Gonzales Counties, the bow-shaped line became weaker on its south end with the higher winds concentrated in the northern half of the line. This portion of the line moved into Bastrop and Fayette Counties shortly after 1 am CST. The storm damage in Bastrop County was over the western half of the county and in the form of trees blown down. Only minor damage was noted to homes and structures. Estimates are that the winds in the storms generally ranged from 50 to 60 knots with higher gusts to 70 knots. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Rock | $20,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that tore the roof off the Red Rock General Store. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Red Rock | $5,000 | Broadcast media passed along video of a small tornado from a resident that lived just south of Rockne. The video showed a small tornado out ahead of a line of storms. There was fairly widespread wind damage from the line of storms so finding an exact path of the tornado was difficult. The path is estimated from the video as well as evidence from the resident that took the video. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Rock | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph which blew the roof off a shed, and blew part of the roof off a house east of Red Rock. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Red Rock | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Red Rock near the intersection of FM 812 and Hwy 20. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Red Rock | - | Widespread 2 to 3 inch rainfall over western Bastrop county in the late night hours caused widespread flash flooding. Highest totals were 6 inches near Rockne. Bee Creek overflowed, cutting FM20, and swept at least on car off the roadway. Rescuers brought two occupants to safety but had to swim around 100 yards to reach one of them. FM812 was closed by Walnut Creek, sending one car into high water and requiring a rescue. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Red Rock | - | General 1 to 2 inch rainfall was produced across Bastrop County, with up to 4 inches near Red Rock and 7 inches just south of Paige. Many of the southern Bastrop Country roads were closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Red Rock | - | Scattered thunderstorms over Lee and Bastrop Counties produced 1 to 2 inch general rain amounts with up to 4 inches between Red Rock and Bastrop. Flash flooding closed SH304, FM535, and FM812. |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Rock | - | A downburst from a severe thunderstorm knocked over trees and power lines as the storm moved northeast into the community of Red Rock. |
| November 2006 | Hail | Red Rock | - | Hail from the severe thunderstorm was reported to have covered the ground like snow. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Red Rock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bateman | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rockne | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Watterson | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Jordan | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| String Prairie | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Clearview | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rosanky | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Creek | 9.3 miles | 17 |
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 Red Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7304896 | 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 1366208. 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.