BlockFrom the record
One of 161 National Register listings published here for Bexar County · listed in 2008 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
R.L. White Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The listing
- Listed as. White, R.L., Ranch - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 18744 Bandera Rd. E., Helotes, 78023
- When was it listed? May 2008
- Category. district
- Census division. San Antonio Northwest
- National Register reference number. 08000474 - 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
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of R.L. White Ranch between 2006 and 2017, burning about 394 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 16 |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEPEDA |
| 16 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANAUA SPRINGS |
| 14 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 83 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUNTRESS LANE |
| 1 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20170775 |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of R.L. White Ranch: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helotes Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Limestone | |
| Helotes Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
40 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helotes, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 24 hail, 7 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Helotes | 1 killed, 1 hurt | Up to 2 inches of rain fell over the northwestern part of the county. At around 1:00 AM a man and a woman were washed away in a four door sedan as they attempted to cross the Tower View Bridge on Scenic Loop Road which was in flood due to Helotes Creek. The man was later rescued with minor bruises to his arms and torso. The womans body was found less than a mile downstream at 3:19 PM. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Helotes | $500,000 | An NWS damage survey concluded that a small EF1 tornado touched down in the Wildhorse subdivision, between Loop 1604 and the Government Canyon State Natural area on the west side of Bexar County. A large severe storm was moving northeast through the area just after 7 PM when it appears a tornado developed near the Flying Fury Dr. cul-de-sac and neighborhood drainage ditch. There was minor damage on Flying Fury with substantial roof damage to several homes on the east side of Palomino Path as the tornado moved northeast. Several of the homes had broken windows, large sections of roof lifted off, along with puncture marks from flying debris on many of the exterior walls. The maximum winds were reached at this location and were estimated to be 100 mph. The tornado continued moving northeast, taking down a fence at the end of Palomino Path before likely dissipating near the Wildhorse HOA Sports Park and open field/drainage area. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Helotes | $30,000 | Scattered to numerous thunderstorms across northern Atascosa, eastern Medina and western Bexar Counties produced rain totals of 2 to 3 inches. Highest totals in Bexar County were 5 inches near Loop 1604 and Marbach Road. FM471, FM1957, and Marbach Road, among others, were closed due to flash flooding. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helotes | $20,000 | A National Weather Service storm damage survey found a wide swath of 60 to 70 mph winds caused extensive tree damage to areas near Cartwright Trail, Talley Rd., and along Culebra Rd. Fences were blown down, sheds overturned, and some roofs were damaged. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helotes | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm knocked down tree limbs and damaged sheds at the Sea World theme part on the western edge of San Antonio. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helotes | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that displaced a fence and damaged a gazebo in the Waterford Park neighborhood in Helotes. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helotes | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down fences and tree limbs in Helotes. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helotes | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that caused some roof damage and snapped tree limbs in the Alamo Ranch area of San Antonio. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Government Canyon State Natural Area. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Government Canyon State Natural Area. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced three inch diameter hail at Culebra Rd. and Talley Rd. in northwestern San Antonio. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Helotes. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Helotes | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Bexarflood.org showed several low water crossings closed in northwestern Bexar County. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Helotes. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Helotes. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced hail 1.1 inches in diameter in Helotes. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Helotes. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail along Loop 1604 in northwestern San Antonio. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Helotes | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Bexarflood.org reported that a low water crossing on Leslie Rd. in northwestern San Antonio was closed due to flooding. |
| January 2020 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Helotes. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Helotes | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain with as much as 3.19 inches in just over an hour reported at a site in Helotes. This rain caused flash flooding closing 28 low water crossings in Bexar County. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Helotes | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The low water crossing near Helotes Creek at FM 1560 and Parrigin Rd. in Helotes was flooded up to the three foot marker. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near Talley Rd. and Culebra Rd. in western Bexar County. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail and wind gusts estimated at 55 mph. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced dime to penny size hail. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Helotes | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM 1506 between Culebra and Bandera Rds. |
| May 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Helotes | - | A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud which was reported by a park ranger at Government Canyon State Park. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Helotes | - | A small tornado was spotted by a Helotes Fireman who was also a Skywarn Amateur Radio Spotter. It was small and dipped down briefly before lifting and dissipating. No damage was indicated. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helotes | - | A very small and compact downburst struck northwest Bexar County, knocking over some 15 trees. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Helotes | - | The hail was reported by Amateur Radio Operators. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Helotes | - | no account filed |
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
4 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidemann Ranch | 4.3 miles | 2011 | |
 | Floore Country Store | 6.4 miles | 2005 |
 | Plehwe Complex | 7.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Aue Stagecoach Inn | 7.9 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000474 in Record Group 79. |
| Bexar County | All 161 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.