Deadly Drought-breaker: The 1921 Centex Flood

Downtown San Antonio following disastrous 1921 flood.

Introduction: The Sept. 9, 1921 Central Texas flood has stood for more than a century as the state’s deadliest non-hurricane related inundation. It now appears that the July 4-6. 2025 tragedy in Kerr, Kendall, Burnet, Travis and Williamson counties will become Texas’ second-deadliest flood not direct…