Bastrop County, Texas severe weather history spans 378 recorded events between 1953 and 2025. The dominant hazard is hail, accounting for 37.6% of all recorded events. It ranks #1,342 nationally and #128 in Texas.
378
Recorded events
2
Direct deaths
111
Direct injuries
$11.6M
Property damage
The record
What the Bastrop County, Texas severe weather history record shows
Across the archive, Bastrop County, Texas severe weather history averages 5.3 recorded events a year. The busiest stretch on record is the 2010s, with 144 events logged in that decade alone. Roughly 47 events fall before 1990 and 331 from 1990 onward — a gap that reflects the expansion of NOAA reporting practice as much as the weather itself.
The deadliest hazard in the Bastrop County, Texas record is flash flood, responsible for 2 direct deaths. The costliest is flash flood, with $7.4M in reported property damage. In total, 7 distinct hazard types appear in this county archive, each listed with its own dated record below.
By hazard type
Every hazard type recorded in Bastrop County
| Hazard | Events | Deaths | Damage | Max | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 142 | 0 | $12K | 5.5 | 1968–2025 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 102 | 0 | $1.4M | 100 | 1973–2024 |
| Flash Flood | 93 | 2 | $7.4M | 0 | 1997–2021 |
| Tornado | 35 | 0 | $1.4M | F3 | 1953–2022 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | $1.5M | 0 | 2007–2017 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | $5K | 0 | 2013–2013 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2014–2014 |
Decade by decade
Bastrop County, Texas severe weather history by decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
38 mapped tornado paths intersect this county: 32 touched down inside it and 6 crossed in from a neighbouring county. This comes from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
| Date | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Path length | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-04-07 | EF3 | 1 | 5 | 31.7 mi | Crossed in |
| 1957-04-24 | EF3 | 0 | 1 | 14.7 mi | Touched down here |
| 1953-04-28 | EF3 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 mi | Touched down here |
| 2022-03-21 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 mi | Crossed in |
| 1991-01-14 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 mi | Touched down here |
| 1980-08-10 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 mi | Touched down here |
| 1977-05-02 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 mi | Crossed in |
| 1971-02-25 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 mi | Crossed in |
| 1965-05-18 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 mi | Touched down here |
| 1965-04-15 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 mi | Crossed in |
Significant events
Deadliest events on record in Bastrop County
| Date | Type | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2002 | Flash Flood | BASTROP | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 8, 2002 | Flash Flood | SOUTHEAST PORTION | 1 | 0 | $20K |
| Oct 17, 1998 | Flash Flood | COUNTYWIDE | 0 | 100 | $3.0M |
| Nov 16, 2001 | Flash Flood | NORTHWEST PORTION | 0 | 5 | $80K |
| Apr 29, 1953 | Tornado | 0 | 3 | $25K | |
| May 25, 2015 | Tornado | CEDAR CREEK | 0 | 1 | $0 |
| Oct 17, 1998 | Tornado | ELGIN | 0 | 1 | $30K |
| Apr 24, 1957 | Tornado | 0 | 1 | $250K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Two inches of rainfall in a two-hour period caused very localized and brief flooding over the southeast section of Bastrop county. A 46-yr old man drowned as his vehicle was washed off a rural road into Buckner's Creek, about six miles east of Rosanky.
A Bastrop woman was swept away in her car as she attempted to drive through the Cedar Creek crossing at Lower Red Rock Road, just off FM304 southwest of Bastrop. She called police at 0525CST to say that she had driven into deep water and the car was beginning to flood. She was rescued by emergency personnel but died shortly afterward at the Smithville hospital.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding leading to high water rescues on Tucker Hill Ln. near the Bastrop and Travis County line. Damage assessment from Bastrop County indicated nearly 60 homes destroyed, with 40 also sustaining major damage. Overall more than 100 homes were flooded or affected by the flooding many of them along Dry Creek near the Bastrop/Travis County line. Debris line showed that water was flowing over Highway 71 near this area. Other homes experienced flooding as the Colorado River went into flood due to all the rainfall that fell upstream of Bastrop. County monetary losses are estimated to be 2.1 million dollars to infrastructure, this does not include insured/uninsured losses to homes.
Context
Risk, population and federal disasters
Relatively Moderate
FEMA NRI risk rating
106,582
Population (ACS)
$315K
Median home value
31
Federal declarations
| Declared | Incident | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2023 | Winter Storm | SEVERE WINTER STORM | DR |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Severe Ice Storm | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | DR |
| Feb 14, 2021 | Severe Ice Storm | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM |
| Mar 25, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 | EM |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Hurricane | HURRICANE HARVEY | DR |
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many severe weather events have been recorded in Bastrop County, Texas?
378 events are on record between 1953 and 2025, causing 2 direct deaths and $11.6M in property damage.
What is the most common severe weather hazard in Bastrop County?
Hail, with 142 recorded events — 37.6% of everything in the archive for this county.
How many tornadoes have crossed Bastrop County?
38 mapped tornado paths intersect the county boundary; 32 of them touched down inside it. This is derived from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
How many federal disaster declarations cover Bastrop County?
31 federal disaster declarations from FEMA include Bastrop County, each tied to a specific incident period.
How risky is Bastrop County compared with the rest of the country?
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Bastrop County as relatively moderate risk, placing it in the 81 percentile of its state for expected annual loss.
Where does the Bastrop County, Texas severe weather history data come from?
Every figure is drawn from United States federal public-domain records: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events for the event archive, NOAA SPC SVRGIS for mapped tornado paths, FEMA for disaster declarations and risk ratings, and the U.S. Census for population context. Dates are shown in UTC and recent entries may still be revised by NOAA.
Nearby
Neighbouring counties
- Bandera County 309
- Baylor County 361
- Bailey County 348
- Bee County 284
- Austin County 227
- Bell County 965
Cite this page
“Bastrop County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/bastrop-county/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.