90
Recorded events
8
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$144.3M
Property damage
Flash Flood in Burnet County, Texas: 90 recorded events between 1996 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #215 nationally and #43 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Burnet County, Texas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Burnet County is the 2000s, when 37 of the county's 90 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Burnet County archive, flash flood makes up 18.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #215 for this hazard and #43 within Texas, putting it in the 93.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for flash flood in Burnet County with 20 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2025 | BURNET | 0 | 2 | 0 | $6.0M |
| Jun 27, 2007 | MARBLE FALLS | 0 | 2 | 0 | $137.0M |
| Jul 5, 2025 | MARBLE FALLS | 0 | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | SUDDUTH | 0 | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | SMITHWICK | 0 | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 22, 2009 | BURNET CRADDOCK ARPT | 0 | 1 | 0 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2025 | OAKALLA | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 13, 2025 | BUCHANAN LAKE | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | MARBLE FALLS | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | MARBLE FALLS | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | BURNET CRADDOCK ARPT | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | SUDDUTH | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | BURNET | 0 | $6.0M |
| Jul 5, 2025 | BERTRAM | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | LAKE VICTOR | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | SMITHWICK | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Burnet County
- Hail 250
- Thunderstorm Wind 119
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
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. A 22 year old man commuting through Burnet was swept off the road at Park Road 4 and US 281 into Honey Creek, a tributary of Hamilton Creek. His body was recovered 8 miles downstream.
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced 8-10 inches of rain over the headwaters of Cow Creek. Washouts occurred along CR 328/Cow Creek Rd. both along and over Cow Creek at multiple locations. A 66-year-old firefighter and his emergency vehicle were swept away while responding to flooding along Cow Creek near FM 1174. His vehicle was found 2 miles downstream mangled and entrenched within flood debris and sediment, but his body had not been recovered as of the time of this writing.
A woman was killed while trying to cross a low water crossing. Karen Eichelberger, age 47, was driving home after working in Austin this Wednesday night. She tried to cross the flooded low water crossing on Deer Springs Drive in her neighborhood when her 1994 Jeep was apparently forced off the road and into the creek. Her body was found one half mile downstream from where the Jeep was located.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Burnet County, Texas?
90 flash flood events are recorded in Burnet County between 1996 and 2025, causing 8 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Burnet County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Burnet County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Burnet County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flash Flood in Burnet County, Texas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/texas/burnet-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.