Woodcreek, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dripping Springs-Wimberley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78676. It lies near Little Twin Sister Peaks. The Survey maps it on the Driftwood quadrangle. 1,770 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWoodcreek grew from 1,457 to 1,770 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,457 | |
| 2020 | 1,770 | +313 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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
- 1964 USGS Driftwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Woodcreek between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1,090 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACOBS WELL |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2004 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 249 |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wimberley | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pioneer Town | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cloptins Crossing | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley Crossing | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hays City | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Driftwood | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Gainor | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Dripping Springs | 11.2 miles | 15 |
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 Woodcreek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q924262 | 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 1388553. 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.






