Kerr County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Kerr County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jul 4, 2025Flash Flood$200 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   There was catastrophic and deadly flash flooding along the South Fork Guadalupe River after around ten inches of rain fell in approximately four hours. On Hwy 39 the debris started at the confluence of Mullen Creek and South Fork Guadalupe River. The South Fork Guadalupe River topped the Hwy 39 bridge west of Auld Rd. S. and the high-water mark was 23.77 feet above the river. Five feet of water damaged the bottom floor of the River Inn and Resort. There were large sections of the exterior walls removed by water. Water reached 7.5 feet in a house along Hwy 39 which destroyed the building. Water reached the Hunt Volunteer Fire Department station on Fisher Ranch Rd. 400 feet from the…

2. Jul 16, 2026Flash Flood$150 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Multiple areas in Kerrville were affected. The Guadalupe River, Town Creek, and Quinlan Creek all overflowed their banks and flooded significant portions of Kerrville). Numerous water rescues and evacuations were conducted through the morning of July 16. Rescues mainly involved extracting people from vehicles driven into high-water areas. Many residences were evacuated in flood prone areas with floodwaters threatening. There were more than about 50 different evacuations of residences and apartment complexes. There was more than $55 million in damage to homes and infrastructure within the Kerrville city limits according to the assistant city manager. In August, the Kerrville mayor…

3. May 27, 2020Thunderstorm Wind$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An NWS damage survey concluded a microburst hit the city of Kerrville at approximately 8:00-8:10 PM CDT. The highest estimated wind speeds of 70-80 mph occurred on the west side of Kerrville just up the hill from Peterson Hospital on Rimrock Rd. There was roof damage to several homes on Rimrock Rd. where the backyards faced west and wind came up the hill and took off porches and roofs. Throughout that neighborhood there was substantial tree damage, many of the trees snapped or uprooted. The swatch of significant wind damage was well over one mile wide and continued southeast into the area off Ranchero Rd. Hail accompanied the strong microburst as evident by trees stripped of…

4. Oct 12, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage in and around the city of Kerrville. Five aircraft were also damaged or destroyed at the Kerrville Airport.

5. Mar 26, 2022Wildfire, Kerr$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Sakewitz Wildfire started during the afternoon of the 26th near the Kerr Kendall county line west of Comfort. There were Red Flag Warnings in effect each day from the 26th through the 28th when the fire was contained. It burned 238 acres and destroyed a barn, a well pump house, and two stock trailers.

6. Feb 1, 2023Winter Storm, Kerr$214,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Freezing rain began around 12 PM on January 30 and continued off and on through February 2. By 3:57 PM on January 31 0.63��� of ice had accumulated on Hwy 87 north of Comfort. The electric coops, Bandera Electric and CTEC, reported $214,000 in damages in Kerr County.

7. Aug 16, 2007Flash Flood$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Erin moved into Kerr County in the afternoon. A general 3 to 5 inch rainfall was indicated across the northeast part of the county, with up to 8 inches falling north of Center Point. Most roads and bridges in northeast Kerr County were closed due to flash flooding. Two women were turning onto Town Creek Road when their vehicle became stalled in high water, then swept into Town Creek and finally lodged in some trees about 50 years from the bridge and 30 yards from the banks of the creek. Fire and rescue personnel were only able to get them to safety by forming a human chain in the flood waters and then…

8. Mar 7, 2005Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorm winds struck the Mountain Home area, causing major damage to the roof of the Hill Country Opry House.

9. Jun 22, 1997Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The heavy rain Friday night into Saturday afternoon had left South Central Texas soils saturated. The situation worsened Saturday evening into Sunday as heavy rain associated with the upper low pressure system redeveloped over the western Texas Hill Country. Very heavy rains over the Texas Hill Country Saturday night and Sunday morning caused widespread flooding as well as flash flooding across numerous counties. The heavy rains moved into San Antonio Sunday morning and into the Austin area later in the morning. By Sunday afternoon and evening, areas of showers and thunderstorms had diminished over South Central Texas as the upper low moved into North Texas. Late Sunday evening,…

10. May 27, 2020Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph. Mobile homes were blown away from their locations and power lines and trees were blown down.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

109°FSep 6, 2000

All-time low

0°FDec 23, 1989

Warmest night

78°FSep 1, 2020

Coldest day

17°F2 times, most recently Dec 23, 1990

Wettest day

11.60 inAug 2, 1978

Snowiest day

7.9 inJan 13, 1985

Hottest year

2006mean 68.1°F

Coldest year

1976mean 62.0°F

Wettest year

200751.10 in

Driest year

202212.38 in

Snowiest season

16.1 in1984-85

Station Kerrville 3 Nne (USC00414782), 1,797 ft elevation, 3.8 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1974 to October 14, 2026; 99.5% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00414782.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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