BlockFrom the record
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Comal County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Kappelmann-Mayer Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- Address. 4738 FM 1863, Bulverde, 78163
- When was it listed? February 2020
- Category. district
- Census division. Canyon Lake
- National Register reference number. 100004965 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
69 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Kappelmann-Mayer Ranch between 2005 and 2011, burning about 257 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITHSON VALLEY FIRE |
| 7 August 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BULVERDE CROSSING |
| 23 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGH RIDGE |
| 14 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONGHORN TRAIL |
| 4 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMAL RUN |
| 28 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5800 FM 1863 |
Storms near this property
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bulverde, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Bulverde | 1 killed | From 1 to 2 inches of rain fell across western Comal County, with up to 5 inches from Spring Branch to Fischer. Widespread flash flooding developed and two cars were washed off FM306. Just before 9 pm CST, a woman and her husband were attempting to cross a low area along FM306 when their vehicle stalled in high water and was carried into Rebecca Creek. As the couple attempted to leave the vehicle, the woman was washed away and drowned. Her body was found the following day. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $50,000 | A bow-shaped echo across Comal, Bexar and Wilson Counties began producing severe winds just before midnight that were estimated generally in the 60 to 70 knot range. The storms produced widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 knots, with spotty higher gusts near 70 knots. Most of the damage was to trees that were knocked over in the southern portion of Comal County. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Bulverde | $30,000 | Persistent thunderstorms on the morning of June 28 over northwest Bexar County and south and central Comal County produced from 2 to 3 inches of rain. Highest rain totals in Comal County were 5 inches just south of Canyon Dam. Closed to high water were FM311, FM2673, and FM3159. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down multiple trees and power poles in Bulverde. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over large trees near Bulverde. |
| March 1994 | Hail | Bulverde | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that broke large tree limbs that were four to five inches in diameter. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph than knocked down some large trees in Bulverde. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls in Bulverde. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Bulverde | - | Slow-moving thunderstorms produced 2-4 inches of rain in the Bulverde area. Inundation occurred at low-water crossings and other streets, including along Mustang Vista and in Oak Village North. Water rescues were reported. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Bulverde. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of quarters in Bulverde. Most of the hail was dime size. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near the intersection of Hwy 281 and FM 1863 in Bulverde. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size hail near Bulverde for about 30 seconds. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Bulverde. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Bulverde. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Bulverde. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down a large business sign in Bulverde. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to half dollar size in Bulverde. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Bulverde | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Stahl Ln. near Smithson Valley Rd. east of Bulverde. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Bulverde | - | A pilot reported two tornados over the north part of Comal County. No damage was reported. The Bulverde Police Department reported dime-size hail in town. |
| November 2002 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Bulverde | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Bulverde | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kabelmacher House | 6.1 miles | 2019 | |
| Anhalt Hall | 7.0 miles | 2018 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004965 in Record Group 79. |
| Comal County | All 30 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.
- 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.