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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.

Spicewood within Burnet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

72 since 2006

Regional 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 burning37
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1850 CR 404
21 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service201 CR 410
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,500 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePALEFACE/FALL CREEK ESTATE
10 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20200001854
9 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURNHAM RANCH
7 August 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service941-402
5 August 2012Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest Service200 CR 425
30 August 2015Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWATERFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnet County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSpicewood$5,000The NWS COOP Observer at Spicewood reported large tree limbs down and roof damage to their residence.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSpicewood$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down multiple large tree limbs in Spicewood.
June 2018Flash FloodSpicewood-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing numerous county roads with water and debris.
March 2007Flash FloodSpicewood-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 1993Tornado (F0)Spicewood-The Department of Public Safety reported a tornado near Spicewood, but no damage.
March 2023HailSpicewood-no account filed
April 2013HailSpicewood-no account filed
March 2009HailSpicewood-no account filed
March 2005HailSpicewood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burnet County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Double Horn3.5 miles16
Smithwick5.9 miles18
Shovel Mountain6.5 miles14
Marble Falls9.4 miles19
Meadowlakes9.5 miles19
Cottonwood Shores10.5 miles19
Sherwood Shores13.5 miles19
Fairland13.5 miles19

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 SpicewoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7576945The 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.