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Twin Sisters, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blanco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78606. It stands on Rochou Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blanco quadrangle. It stands 1,276 feet above sea level.

Twin Sisters within Blanco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

73 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Twin Sisters between 2005 and 2015, burning about 488 acres in total. 1 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
26 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 524 RANGELAND ROAD
12 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE US HWY 281 @ FM 473 EAST
27 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2012Natural40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCANYON CURVE
4 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRADD FIRE RR 473 WEST AT COUNTY LINE
24 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blanco County

Storms near this place

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Sisters in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 9 hail, 7 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Flash FloodTwin Sisters1 killedThunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of the Little Blanco River. An 81 year old man was swept away near FM 473 at FM 32 and died. His body was found on May 28th near the Blanco/Hays County line. He escaped his car but was not able to survive the flood waters.
August 2007Flash FloodTwin Sisters$100,000The extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Erin moved into Blanco County in the late afternoon, producing a general 3 to 5 inch total over the southwestern part of the county. Highest rain amounts were 6 inches between Blanco and Twin Sisters. All roads from Blanco southward were reported to be closed due to high water.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindTwin Sisters$20,000Trees were reported blown down by severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindTwin Sisters$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that blew down trees near Hwy 281 and FM 473 in southern Blanco County.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTwin Sisters$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down small tree limbs near Twin Sisters.
October 2025Tornado (EFU)Twin Sisters-A tornado touched down in Kendall County approximately four miles southwest of Kendalia traveled 9.8 miles to the east crossed into Blanco County approximately a quarter of a mile west-northwest of the intersection of Hwy 281 and FM 306 continued east a quarter of a mile to the Comal County line a tenth of mile northwest of the Hwy 281/FM 306 intersection and continued another 10.2 miles east before dissipating after crossing FM 306 near Hancock Rd. No damage was found over its short path through Blanco County. Damage ratings were EF-0 in Kendall County and EF-1 in Comal. The path width was 300 yards.
April 2024HailTwin Sisters-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southeast of Blanco.
November 2024HailTwin Sisters-A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail north of Twin Sisters.
November 2024Flash FloodTwin Sisters-Thunderstorms produced an estimated two to five inches of rain in three hours. This rain caused flash flooding closing Little Blanco Rd. near Twin Sisters.
March 2021HailTwin Sisters-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size on the north side of Spring Branch.
October 2021Flash FloodTwin Sisters-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The Little Blanco River flooded the FM 32 bridge northeast of Twin Sisters.
May 2019Flash FloodTwin Sisters-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The Little Blanco River left its banks closing Hwy 32 southeast of Blanco.
May 2017HailTwin Sisters-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail one mile north of Hwy 306 on Hwy 281 south of Blanco.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Twin Sisters-A thunderstorm produced a brief, weak tornado just east of Hwy 281 near the Little Blanco River. No damage was reported.
March 2007Flash FloodTwin Sisters-Thunderstorms produced up to 4 inches of rain between Twin Sisters and Blanco, causing flash flooding through the midnight hours that closed FM165 and FM32.
May 2006Flash FloodTwin Sisters-Storms dropped between 2 and 3 inches of rain in the Twin Sisters area just before sunrise, resulting in flash flooding that closed FM473 as well as other rural roads.
October 1993HailTwin Sisters-Quarter-size hail and wind gusts to 60 MPH were reported in Twin Sister. Several trees were damaged.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindTwin Sisters-Quarter-size hail and wind gusts to 60 MPH were reported in Twin Sister. Several trees were damaged.
May 1993HailTwin Sisters-The County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball-size hail in Twin Sisters.
April 2006HailTwin Sisters-no account filed
June 1998HailTwin Sisters-no account filed
April 1997HailTwin Sisters-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blanco 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
Blanco6.6 miles13
Flugrath9.2 miles12
Payton9.3 miles15
Rocky Creek18.5 miles12
Hye18.7 miles13
Johnson City18.9 miles15
Westbrook (historical)19.4 miles12
Post Oak22.0 miles12

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 Twin SistersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23817799The 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 1379186. 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.