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New Mandatory Evacuation Orders In Bastrop County

A view of the Bastrop fire earlier today from Highway 71
Photo by Lizzie Chen for KUT News and ReportingTexas.com
A view of the Bastrop fire earlier today from Highway 71

The raging 25,000 acre wildfire is prompting new mandatory evacuation orders for these parts east of Bastrop.

  • All residents in the Hobbs Creek Subdivision.
  • All residents near Bastrop State Park and Buescher State Park extending all the way to FM Road 2104.  This area includes the residences along Gotier Trace Road, Antioch Road, and Old Potato Road.  
  • All residents in the Tahitian Village subdivision, the Colovista Subdivision, and all of the Colony.
  • All of Circle D County Acres area
  • All of the Lake Bastrop Acres subdivision
  • Pine View West
  • Lake Bastrop Pine
  • Alan Creek
  • Bastrop State Park
  • Cottle Town to the River
  • Harmon Road and Pine Hill Loop
  • Schwantz Ranch Road
  • Homes along Highway 21 East to Paige
  • Homes from 2571 Furr Mays Road west to Highway 304 and FM 2571
  • Young School House Road and Hall Road
  • Eisley Road
  • Tiner Cutoff
  • Oak Hill Cemetery Road
  • Crape Myrtle Drive
  • Herron Trail
  • Pine Valley Loop
  • La Reata Subdivision
  • Wilhelm Way, Lee Road, Whitworth Lane, and eastern side of Watterson Road.
  • All residents in the area between Highway 21 and FM Road 1209
  • Near Leisure Lane, and near and to the southwest of Union Chapel Road.

 
 

Nathan Bernier is the transportation reporter at KUT. He covers the big projects that are reshaping how we get around Austin, like the I-35 overhaul, the airport's rapid growth and the multibillion dollar transit expansion Project Connect. He also focuses on the daily changes that affect how we walk, bike and drive around the city. Got a tip? Email him at nbernier@kut.org. Follow him on Twitter @KUTnathan.
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