Spicewood, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marble Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78669. It stands on Sycamore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spicewood quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Blanco quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Blanco quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Spicewood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Spicewood between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,033 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1850 CR 404 |
| 21 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201 CR 410 |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALEFACE/FALL CREEK ESTATE |
| 10 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20200001854 |
| 9 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURNHAM RANCH |
| 7 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 941-402 |
| 5 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 200 CR 425 |
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATERFORD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spicewood in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicewood | $5,000 | The NWS COOP Observer at Spicewood reported large tree limbs down and roof damage to their residence. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spicewood | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down multiple large tree limbs in Spicewood. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Spicewood | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing numerous county roads with water and debris. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Spicewood | - | Between 1 and 2 inches of rain fell over southern Burnet County with up to 5 inches in the Marble Falls area. Most of this rain fell in a one-hour period. Widespread flash flooding was reported with US281 being closed in and around Marble Falls. FM2147 was also reported closed. |
| October 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Spicewood | - | The Department of Public Safety reported a tornado near Spicewood, but no damage. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Spicewood | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Spicewood | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Spicewood | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Spicewood | - | 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 | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Smithwick | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Shovel Mountain | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Marble Falls | 9.4 miles | 19 | |
| Meadowlakes | 9.5 miles | 19 | |
| Cottonwood Shores | 10.5 miles | 19 | |
| Sherwood Shores | 13.5 miles | 19 | |
| Fairland | 13.5 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 Spicewood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7576945 | 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 1368896. 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.






