The Blanco River is a river in the Hill Country of Texas that flows right through Wimberley.

The river flows generally eastward for 87 miles (140 km) through Kendall County, Blanco County and Hays County. Near San Marcos, it takes a southerly turn and joins with the San Marcos River.

The Blanco River is generally quite shallow, and it briefly dips below ground in some areas in the Hill Country. As with many of the rivers in the Texas Hill Country, there is great variability in the river’s flow.

The river is just 500-feet from the best hotel in Wimberley — Hotel Flora and Fauna.

The river had a serious flood in 2015. Early in the morning on May 24, 2015 the Blanco River experienced catastrophic flooding. The river at Wimberley rose more than 30 feet in less than three hours and set a new record high crest of more than 40 feet while disabling the gauge.

Rainfall totals of 10 to 13 inches were reported upstream in southern Blanco County, and all of this water entered the Blanco River and Little Blanco River. The Fischer Store Road bridge over the Blanco River was destroyed by floodwaters west of Wimberley. The River reached a record crest at Wimberley. The gauge failed at 40 feet, and the USGS later estimated the crest at 44.9 feet with a peak flow of 175,000 cubic feet per second. This height was more than 10 feet over the previous record height of 33.3 feet from 1929.

A house in the 100 block of Deer Crossing Lane in Wimberley was washed away in the flood with nine people inside. There was one lone survivor while eight died. Six bodies were recovered and the two small children remain missing. The river rose over 20 feet in one hour. Estimates of insured losses are around $100 million. Overall in Hays County, including Wimberley and San Marcos, 321 homes were destroyed, with hundreds more heavily damaged.

Wimberley Hotel Accommodations

You deserve the best accommodations in Wimberley. At Hotel Flora and Fauna, they provide a variety of pet-friendly and non pet-friendly rooms, a complimentary breakfast, and a variety of free amenities including a pool, hot tub, parking, cable television, and WiFi. For instance, they even have a Tesla charger!

Blanco River

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