Burnet County Courthouse

Built in 1937 (Moderne architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“The Burnet County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Burnet, Burnet County, Texas, United States. The Moderne style building was constructed in part with Works Progress Administration funds and is the third building to serve as the Burnet County Courthouse.”
Wikipedia article Burnet County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Burnet County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1937, Moderne architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
Address. 220 S. Pierce St., Burnet, 78611
When was it listed? November 2000
Category. building
Census division. Burnet
When was it built? 1937
Architectural style. Moderne architecture, modern architecture
National Register reference number. 00001384 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

104 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Burnet County Courthouse between 2004 and 2019, burning about 2,004 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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	72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Smoking	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
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
8 September 2019	Debris and open burning	72 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	YUCCA
27 September 2011	Natural	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HOOVER VALLEY ASSIST
27 September 2011	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
25 September 2011	Smoking	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	281/103 FIRE
22 September 2017	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	SKYLINE CIRCLE
11 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
8 August 2011	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	SUMMIT RIDGE
8 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	470 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BURNET COUNTY COMPLEX

Every fire recorded in Burnet County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Burnet County Courthouse: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Dolomite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Dow Quarry	Dolomite	Producer	Sedimentary
Pavitte Prospect	Copper, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Spring Creek Prospect	Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Fluorite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
White Eagle	Copper	Unknown
White Eagle Prospect	Copper, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Vein
Fluorite Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Fluorite
Fluorite Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Fluorite
Gibbs	Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Burnet County

Storms near this property

51 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burnet, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 22 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 5 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths. 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	Burnet	2 killed, $6,000,000	Slow-moving thunderstorms brought heavy rain for several hours to Burnet on the morning of July 5. Burnet Municipal Airport reported 8.67 inches of rain. An LCRA gauge in Burnet reported 11.67 inches. The torrential rainfall caused the rapid rise of Hamilton Creek. Additional inundation also occurred along Daugherty Branch and Haynie Branch in Burnet. Homes, businesses, and other buildings along Hamilton Creek experienced up to 7 ft of inundation. Oak St. in the northwestern part of the city was especially hard hit by the swollen Hamilton Creek. Around a dozen homes along the road were damaged, primarily near 7th and 8th Street. One house was torn off its foundation and was carried by floodwaters onto the opposite side of the street. Several businesses were flooded along South Water St. A 57 year old man was swept by floodwaters while commuting through Burnet along US 281. His body was recovered about a quarter mile away from his vehicle along Hamilton Creek. Most of the units at the Hamilton Creek Manor housing complex were impacted by floodwaters. Fields at YMCA of the Highland Lakes on the south side of Burnet were damaged by flooding with fences washed out and dugouts damaged. Pafford Place Assisted Living was heavily damaged. An 85 year old man at the facility drowned in the flooding. Seven others were successfully evacuated from Pafford Place. Parts of Burnet Municipal Airport experienced 5 to 7 ft of inundation, resulting in damage to PAPI lighting and the runway. Several homes were inundated along Delaware Creek to the west and southwest of Burnet with washouts on roads. Across the county first responders rescued at least 63 people. The county Emergency Manager estimated more than 400 homes were affected and the damages were at least $6 million.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$150,000	Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off homes around Burnet.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$100,000	Roofs were torn off homes by severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 50 to 60 knots.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$100,000	Trees were split and knocked over into homes by severe thunderstorm winds. An aircraft was flipped onto its top at the Burnet airport by the winds.
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$100,000	Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed several roofs and collapsed a metal building in Burnet.
November 2000	Tornado (F0)	Burnet	$80,000	A small and short-lived tornado was observed by the public as it touched down near Burnet. It damaged two homes and some barns and around a dozen trees before lifting and dissipating.
October 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$50,000	Thunderstorms produced a wind gust measured at 54 knots as they struck the Burnet Municipal Airport. Moving northeastward near 25 mph, they produced winds estimated as high as 60 knots, blowing down trees and power lines in the city of Burnet, and tearing the roof off a barn. Sporadic wind damage persisted as the storms continued to knock over trees and power lines between Burnet and Briggs.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$20,000	Trees were uprooted and roofs were damaged between Burnet and Bertram.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$20,000	Tree and roof damage was indicated.
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Burnet	$10,000	Storm survey revealed a small tornado crossed a wooded area and partially struck a mobile home on Overlook Trail. There was light damage to a parked vehicle in front of the home. A small porch was damaged and lumber was thrown into the front window. A large two by four was found stuck into a pop up travel camper next to the mobile home. Numerous trees were damaged.
June 1995	Tornado (F1)	Burnet	$10,000	Small tornado touched down briefly, causing minor building damage.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$10,000	no account filed
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$5,000	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that damaged the Metal Mart building east of Burnet. A garage door on the building was blown in by the wind and sheet metal was strewn about.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$5,000	The Burnet County Sheriff's Office reported a thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that caused minor roof damage to some homes.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$5,000	Multiple trees were reported down or snapped across the county. A large bow echo moved through the county and produced wind damage mainly through the central sections of the county from Granite Shoals, to Marble Falls, to Burnet, and over to Bertram.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	$5,000	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Burnet	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southwest of Bertram.
April 2023	Hail	Burnet	-	A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Burnet.
April 2023	Hail	Burnet	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Burnet.
April 2023	Hail	Burnet	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Burnet.
May 2023	Flash Flood	Burnet	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that flooded a road southeast of Burnet.
May 2023	Hail	Burnet	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Burnet.
May 2023	Hail	Burnet	-	A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail east of Burnet.
May 2023	Hail	Burnet	-	A thunderstorm produced egg size hail on Hwy 29 east of Burnet.
May 2023	Flash Flood	Burnet	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to street flooding in Burnet.
June 2023	Hail	Burnet	-	A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Burnet.
November 2016	Flood	Burnet	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused minor flooding sending water over the road at the intersection of CR340 and CR340A east of Hamilton Creek.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Burnet	-	Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused Hamilton Creek to flood a road.
October 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	-	A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew down some small trees.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Burnet	-	Thunderstorms produced a general 2 to 3 inch rain over much of Llano, Burnet, Blanco and Williamson Counties. Up to 4 inches was reported in the extreme northwest part of Burnet County. Flash flooding closed most rural roads in that corner of the county, including FM2341.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Burnet	-	Between 4 and 6 inches of rain fell in thunderstorms along the Burnet-Lampasas County line in the northwest part of Burnet County. Flash flooding closed US281 through the early morning hours. Many rural roads, including FM2341, were also closed.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Burnet	-	Severe thunderstorm winds damaged a barn and destroyed a shed.
May 2006	Tornado (F0)	Burnet	-	The Burnet County Sheriff's Department reported that a second tornado touched down briefly near Oatmeal. It did not cause any visible damage.
May 2006	Tornado (F0)	Burnet	-	A small tornado was spotted by the Burnet County Sheriff's Department as it touched down briefly in an open field near Lake Victor. No damage was noted.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Burnet	-	Thunderstorms over the north half of Burnet County dropped between 1 and 2 inches or rain, with up to 4 inches falling between Burnet and Okalla near the Lampasas County line. High water closed FM963 through the late morning.
September 2005	Flash Flood	Burnet	-	Showers and thunderstorms produced between 1 and 2 inches of rain over northwestern Burnet County. The heaviest rain fell north of SH29 and west of FM693, where up to 4 inches was reported. In the mid morning, the Sheriff's Department closed US281 around 10 miles north of Burnet due to flash flooding.
April 2021	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
May 2011	Funnel Cloud	Burnet	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
February 2004	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	Burnet	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burnet County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Park Road 4 Historic District	6.1 miles	2011

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 00001384 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Burnet County	All 6 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.