Smithwick, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Marble Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78654. It stands on Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smithwick quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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
- 1932 USGS Bertram quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Smithwick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Smithwick between 1998 and 2020, burning about 684 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20480 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19448 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CIMMERON RANCH |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAST LAKE FIRE |
| 30 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Balcones Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | CEDAR FIRE 2 |
| 2 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HEART OF TEXAS RANCH |
| 19 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HELEN'S RD |
| 13 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIGHTENING STRIKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithwick in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Smithwick | 1 killed | Slow-moving thunderstorms produced 8-10 inches of rain over the headwaters of Cow Creek. Washouts occurred along CR 328/Cow Creek Rd. both along and over Cow Creek at multiple locations. A 66-year-old firefighter and his emergency vehicle were swept away while responding to flooding along Cow Creek near FM 1174. His vehicle was found 2 miles downstream mangled and entrenched within flood debris and sediment, but his body had not been recovered as of the time of this writing. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithwick | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 63 mph by the Balcones Flying X RAWS. |
| November 2013 | Flash Flood | Smithwick | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM1431 and several low water crossings in southern Burnet County. |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Smithwick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Horn | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Spicewood | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Marble Falls | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Meadowlakes | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Sudduth | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Shovel Mountain | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fairland | 9.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cottonwood Shores | 9.5 miles | 19 |
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 Smithwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7545688 | 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 1380563. 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.










