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Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Photograph by National Park Service, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

From the record

“Johnson National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in central Texas about 50 miles (80 km) west of Austin in the Texas Hill Country. The park protects the birthplace, home, ranch, and grave of Lyndon B.”

Wikipedia article Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Blanco County · listed in 1969 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Johnson City, 78636
  • When was it listed? December 1969
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Johnson City
  • National Register reference number. 69000202 - 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,132 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
30 September 2008Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2006Debris and open burning90 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTOWHEAD FIRE
15 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRAILS END JC AID
14 September 2019Debris and open burning56 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEVEL CREEK
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKE ON FLAT CREEK
1 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLyndon B. Johnson National Historic ParkCHICKEN
8 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresLyndon B. Johnson National Historic ParkOXX FIBE
5 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIVER RUN FIRE

Every fire recorded in Blanco County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Scott Klett ProspectLead, ZincOccurrenceStratabound

Every working recorded in Blanco County

Storms near this property

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnson City, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 30 hail, 10 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2007Flash FloodJohnson City1 killedRainfall between Johnson City and Twin Sisters averaged from 1 to 2 inches in showers and thunderstorms, with up to 5 inches falling near Johnson City. Many of the rural roads, including FM2766, FM165, and FM32, were closed due to flash flooding. As a father and his two daughters, aged 6 and 7, attempted to drive through a low water crossing on the Blanco River just after 0500 CST on County Road 407, his pickup truck was caught in high water. He tried to back out of the water, but the current carried the vehicle across the bridge where it flipped over, landed upside down and was immediately submerged. The father grabbed onto both daughters and attempted to swim to safety, but lost his grip on the younger daughter. The father and his older daughter were able to swim to safety but the younger daughter drowned.
May 2024HailJohnson City$10,000,000A thunderstorm produced 6.12 inch diameter hail in Johnson City. This measurement was estimated using a photo of the hailstone with a measuring tape and then adjusting using machine size estimate work from the IBHS (Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety). As of this writing there is no official estimate of property damages from either private insurance (cars, roofs, etc) or from county/city property such as county owned schools, county-city vehicles, etc. Am putting an estimate of 10 million dollars as a starting point guesstimate. Will update at a later time if data allows for a more accurate damage estimate.
April 2006Tornado (F1)Johnson City$150,000A second tornado touched down west of Johnson City very close to the time of the first tornado. This tornado was on the ground for three-quarters of a mile and destroyed 3 barns as it moved east.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindJohnson City$50,000As a cold front tracked southward into the Texas Hill Country near noon on July 23, a line of thunderstorms that had formed along the front moved toward the south and southwest. As the line moved into southern Blanco County, it produced a downburst estimated at 60 knots that blew down hundreds of trees. No other damage was indicated.
March 1994HailJohnson City$5,000no account filed
March 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced nickel to penny size hail just west of Johnson City.
May 2024Flash FloodJohnson City-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Miller Creek Loop Rd. south of Johnson City.
May 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced ping pong size hail in Johnson City.
May 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Johnson City.
May 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Johnson City.
May 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced softball size hail southeast of Johnson City.
May 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced five inch diameter size hail in Johnson City.
May 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail north of Johnson City.
April 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced hen egg size hail in Johnson City. One of our media partners shared a picture of the hail compared to an egg.
April 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced quarter to ping pong ball size hail just north of Johnson City.
April 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Johnson City.
April 2024HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail north of Johnson City.
March 2023HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Johnson City.
May 2022HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail near Hwy 290 just east of Hye.
May 2022HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced one inch diameter hail in Johnson City.
May 2022HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail near Johnson City.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged a barn and fence in Johnson City.
June 2016Flash FloodJohnson City-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding along the Pedernales River closing FM 2766 from Johnson City to Pedernales Falls State Park.
May 2016Flash FloodJohnson City-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing low water crossings on FM2766 east of Johnson City.
May 2015Flash FloodJohnson City-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing multiple low water crossings in Johnson City.
October 2015Flash FloodJohnson City-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding when Deer Creek overflowed across RR 2766 east of Johnson City.
April 2014HailJohnson City-A thunderstorm produced nickel to penny size hail.
April 2009Flash FloodJohnson City-Pecan and Ash Streets in Johnson City were closed due to flooding.
July 2007Flash FloodJohnson City-Thunderstorms produced a general 2 to 3 inch rain over much of Llano, Burnet, Blanco and Williamson Counties, with up to 4 inches near Johnson City. FM2766 and US281 were closed north of Johnson City.
January 2007Flash FloodJohnson City-Showers and thunderstorms accompanying the cold front produced between 2 and 3 inches of rain in the area between Johnson City and Twin Sisters, with up to 4 inches in the Twin Sisters area. FM473 was closed in the early afternoon due to flash flooding. Fm2766 was also reported closed near Johnson City.
May 2007FloodJohnson City-The Pedernales River at Johnson City crested at 20.36 ft at 1315 CST on May 25, where flood stage is 14 ft.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindJohnson City-Thunderstorms forming along the northern Texas Hill Country in the late afternoon moved southward into the evening hours. The storms blew down trees and power lines just north of Johnson City.
November 2004Tornado (F0)Johnson City-The tornado was reported to the Blanco County Sheriffs Office near the intersection of US290E and US281, just south of Johnson City. This tornado was observed by a deputy as it tracked toward the northeast. It was estimated to be 200 yards wide and continued along its path for nearly 7 miles. It struck a home on the southwest edge of Johnson City causing minor roof damage. The tornado lifted and disappeared near 2035CST. It was rated an F0 on the Fujita Scale.
November 2004Flash FloodJohnson City-Showers and thunderstorms through the late evening produced general 1 inch totals across the central part of Blanco County. Highest amounts approached 3 inches between Johnson City and Blanco. Numerous rural roads were closed due to flash flooding, including FM2766 and FM165.
November 2004Tornado (F1)Johnson City-The storm that produced the first Blanco County tornado continued toward the northeast and produced a second tornado near 2040CST. This tornado was also observed by the Blanco County deputy as it moved toward the northeast. It was wider...at times approaching 300 yards wide. It lifted up and down and did not appear to touch the ground much of the time. It continued on its path over open country for almost 12 miles and dissipated near 2100CST. It was rated an F1 on the Fujita Scale.
April 2000HailJohnson City-The hail was again reported by Amateur Radio Operators.
May 1993HailJohnson City-HAM Radio operators reported 1.5 inch hail near RR 2721 and Highway 290, and in Johnson City.
May 2021HailJohnson City-no account filed
April 2006HailJohnson City-no account filed
April 2006HailJohnson City-no account filed
May 2006HailJohnson City-no account filed
October 2004HailJohnson City-no account filed
March 2000HailJohnson City-no account filed
April 1998HailJohnson City-no account filed
June 1998HailJohnson City-no account filed
March 1998HailJohnson City-no account filed
April 1996HailJohnson City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blanco 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 69000202 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Blanco CountyAll 4 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.