Bastrop County
Elgin, Texas Roofing & Property Protection
Your Elgin home deserves a documented review. The Roof Shepherd documents roof conditions, storm damage, and property concerns so you decide with full information.
Updated November 1, 2026
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The short version
- Elgin, in Bastrop County, is about 29 miles and 37 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 10 times near Elgin from 2000 to 2026, 154th of the 207 cities on this site.
- 2024 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 4 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 4 inches on May 30.
- The median home in Elgin was built in 1979, and 61 percent of homes here were built before 1990.
- Two of its three nearest neighbors had more large hail.
Call or text 512-575-5052 or use Get Help to start with a documented inspection in Elgin, Bastrop County.
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Elgin At A Glance
What homeowners in Elgin should know
How Elgin ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
Elgin, in Bastrop County, is about 29 miles and 37 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. Roofing permit rules are set locally, and Texas has no statewide roofing license, so we confirm the rules for your address before work starts.
Growth & Construction
Elgin sits within Bastrop County, an area that has seen ongoing residential growth across Central Texas. New construction and resale inspections both benefit from a documented condition review before any roofing decision. U.S. Census data puts Elgin among the fast-growing communities east of Austin at about 12,400 residents, with a housing stock that ages on the same Central Texas storm calendar.
Hail & Storm Exposure
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 10 times within ten miles of Elgin from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 154th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 50th of 71 in the region around Round Rock.
The Homes Here
The median home in Elgin was built in 1979, and 61 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 81 percent have newer homes than Elgin.
Common Roofing Issues
Elgin’s open terrain east of Austin means storm cells approach with limited natural barriers. Documentation after any significant Bastrop County weather event is good practice.
Elgin Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Hail and wind on record near Elgin, in Bastrop County, plus a few local facts worth knowing.
Hail and wind on record here
Elgin’s verified NOAA record since 2018 includes 4 inch hail at Coupland on May 30, 2024, 1.75 inch hail in Elgin on April 9, 2024, and 1.75 inch hail in Elgin on April 15, 2021. 4 thunderstorm wind events and 4 tornado reports sit inside the same 10 mile window. Peak hail months here: April and May. Across Bastrop County as a whole, NOAA logged 51 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 5.5 inches, plus 26 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 6 tornado reports.
Worth Knowing
Elgin is the Sausage Capital of Texas, home to Southside Market & Barbeque, one of the oldest continuously operating BBQ institutions in the state since 1882.
Local Note
Elgin sits along the US-290 growth corridor east of Austin. Rapid residential development is occurring alongside aging rural homes, creating wide variance in property conditions.
What the storm record means locally
Storm facts were checked against NOAA and National Weather Service records and local news from the time.
On record
What has actually fallen on Elgin
35 hail events are on record within ten miles of Elgin, the largest 4.00 inches on May 30, 2024.
Reading the public storm record
To see the days radar recorded hail near your own address, use our hail history lookup.
| Hail events on record | 35 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 10 |
| Largest stone recorded | 4.00 in · May 30, 2024 |
| Busiest year | 2024 · 9 events |
| Most common months | May and March |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 92 mph · August 8, 2003 |
| Radar hail days, 1 in or larger | 115 days · 2000-2026 · largest signature 4.00 in |
| Preliminary reports, last 12 months | none of 1 in or larger on file |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database · Bastrop County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the Elgin centroid. Counts are reported events, so they undercount: a stone that fell where nobody reported it is not in the record.
Checked November 1, 2026 against two feeds that do not share the archive's bias: radar hail signatures from the NEXRAD hail detection algorithm (NOAA NCEI Severe Weather Data Inventory, same 10 mile radius, 2000-2026), counted as days with a signature of one inch or larger, and the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary reports for the last 12 months, which are unreviewed and never a competing total. A radar day and a reported event are different units and are not expected to match: the archive needs a witness and undercounts, radar needs none and can flag hail that melted before it landed. What fell on one roof is settled by a documented inspection, not by any of these counts.
Year by year
Hail in Elgin, 2006 to 2025
One row per year of hail reports one inch or larger near Elgin, newest first, from the weather archive.
Twenty seasons, one row each
One row per year, newest first. Each row counts the hail reports of one inch or larger within ten miles of Elgin, from the National Weather Service archive. 26 reports from 2006 to 2025, 9 of them at or above 1.75 inches, golf ball size. Counting only stones of one inch or larger, the busiest year in this table was 2024. If you owned your roof through any of these dates, the row is the reason to know what it took.
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 4.00 in · May 30 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 30 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 1.75 in · April 15 |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 in · May 24 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · June 9 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in · March 18 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 23 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 1.75 in · March 28 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 10 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 20 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 14 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, hail events 2006 through 2025 within 10 miles of the Elgin centroid. Reports are observer-driven, so a stone that fell where nobody reported it is not in the record, and small towns are undercounted relative to cities. Full calendar years only; the current year is not shown until it is complete.
Bastrop County Storm Record
Documented storm exposure in Elgin
The worst hail seasons near Elgin from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Hail Frequency
NOAA storm records log 17 hail events within 10 miles of Elgin since 2018, 10 of them inside the city’s immediate 6 mile ring. The largest verified stone inside that 6 mile ring measured 1.75 inches on April 9, 2024; within 10 miles, the largest was 4 inches at Coupland on May 30, 2024. Since 2018, hail here peaks in April and May.
Largest Recorded
Bastrop County’s tornado record runs from an F3 that struck Smithville in 1953 to the March 2022 EF-2 that hit Elgin during the I-35 outbreak, alongside the May 2020 tornadoes that damaged homes and barns near Smithville and Paige (NWS Austin/San Antonio).
The worst hail seasons near Elgin, 2006 to 2025
- 2024: 4 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 4 inches on May 30
- 2014: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 1.75 inches on March 28
- 2021: 1 report of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 1.75 inches on April 15
Neighborhood Exposure
Hail exposure changes with lot height, tree cover and open ground nearby. A record of your block beats an estimate for the whole area.
How these figures are corroborated
Hail data sourced from NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) filtered reports. Reports reflect spotter-confirmed events of 1″ or larger within 10 miles of city center. Not a formal risk assessment.
Verified Storm Record
Verified tornado, wind, and hail history for Bastrop County and the Colorado River corridor east of Austin, the area Elgin sits in. Roof condition changes with every storm season, which is why the homeowner should own the documentation.
May 30 softball size hail
NOAA verifies 4 inch hail at Coupland on May 30, 2024, a softball size stone.
April 15 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Elgin on April 15, 2021, a golf ball size stone.
March 28 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Elgin on March 28, 2014, a golf ball size stone.
March 16 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Elgin on March 16, 2000, a golf ball size stone.
Where these figures come from
Figures drawn from public NOAA, National Weather Service, U.S. Census, and Texas Department of Insurance records and contemporaneous reporting. Not a formal risk assessment.
Live NOAA record Since September 2024, NOAA has logged 1 hail report within 6 miles of Elgin. The largest measured 1.25 inches on December 24, 2024, about 4.1 miles away. These are NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary reports covering September 30, 2024 to October 29, 2026. A report near a property confirms hail fell nearby. It does not confirm that any particular roof was damaged, and it is not a coverage determination.
About Elgin
Local ground truth for Elgin properties
Elgin sits in Bastrop County in Central Texas, home to roughly 12,438 residents (Census Bureau estimate, 2024). NOAA storm records log 17 hail events within ten miles since 2018. The largest stone in the full NOAA archive, 2000 to 2026, measured 4″ on May 30, 2024.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in Elgin are likely to be
Census figures on when Elgin homes were built, which tells you roughly when their first roofs went on.
When the houses went up
Elgin has 4,475 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 1979. 65 percent were built before 2000 and 61 percent before 1990; 17 percent have been built since 2010. Half or more of the homes here predate 2000. An original asphalt-shingle roof from that era is at or past the 20-to-30-year service life typically cited for asphalt shingles, and many will already be on a second roof, which is worth confirming from a permit or a receipt rather than assuming.
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 2020 or later | 137 | 3% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 619 | 14% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 821 | 18% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 181 | 4% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 378 | 8% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 942 | 21% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 344 | 8% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 312 | 7% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 117 | 3% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 624 | 14% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, Elgin city. ACS figures are estimates with published margins of error; shares are rounded to whole percents. Year built is the structure, not the roof: it says when the first roof went on, not whether it is still there.
Roofer Near Elgin
Everything we cover in Elgin
All the work we do, in Elgin and in all of Bastrop County.
What we cover in Elgin
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in Elgin and across Bastrop County. Elgin, in Bastrop County, is about 29 miles and 37 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in Elgin
Every service below is available to Elgin homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
All services
Round Rock Zone
How service works in Elgin
How far Elgin is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
Elgin, in Bastrop County, is about 29 miles and 37 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your Elgin roof and writes down what he sees before anyone talks repair or replacement. If you go ahead, The Roof Shepherd runs the job from contract to walkthrough. Our project delivery page explains who does what.
Local Conditions
What is different about working on Elgin homes
Elgin side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: McDade 7, Manor 31 and Pflugerville 57 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 10 for Elgin. Of the other cities on this site, 81 percent have newer homes than Elgin.
| City | Hail 1.75 in+, biggest stone |
|---|---|
| Elgin | 10, 4 in |
| McDade (10 mi) | 7, 1.75 in |
| Manor (10 mi) | 31, 3 in |
| Pflugerville (14 mi) | 57, 4 in |
Severe hail: reports of 1.75 inches or larger, 2000 to 2026, within ten miles of each city center (NOAA NCEI Storm Events). Miles are straight-line between city centers.
The largest hail recorded near Elgin, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2024 | 4.0″ |
| March 16, 2000 | 1.75″ |
Useful locally: City of Elgin official site for permit and inspection rules; NWS forecast for Elgin before scheduling work.
Storm figures: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events within a 10 mile radius, 2000 to 2026. Windstorm territory per Texas Windstorm Insurance Association county designations.
The rules here
Roof permits and code in Elgin
What the city's own documents say about a re-roof permit and code here, and the date they were read.
What the city's own documents say
Elgin lists roof replacement among projects that require a permit inside city limits. The fee schedule effective October 1, 2024 sets a residential reroof permit at $75 plus consultant review recovery fees.
Elgin enforces the 2021 International Residential Code, adopted by Ordinance No. 2022-03-01-07 on March 1, 2022. Permits are applied for through the MyGovernmentOnline portal.
Read at the city's own pages and code on October 14, 2026. The city's current document governs if it changes, so we confirm the rule for your address before work starts. Our permits and codes by city page explains how Texas cities set these rules.
Exterior & Painting
What Elgin homeowners should know about exterior work
Get the roof documented first, since a roof visit often turns up fascia, gutter and trim damage.
Local Paint & Exterior Note
Elgin’s unobstructed terrain means consistent UV exposure on all elevations. Quality exterior paint with UV-blocking titanium dioxide formulas lasts noticeably longer here than on shaded lots.
Sequence Matters
Get the roof documented first. Painting and exterior repairs come after. Condition notes from a roof visit often surface fascia rot, gutter separation, and trim damage that affect painting scope and cost before a single brush stroke is applied.
Google Reviews
Homeowner Reviews
These are verified Google reviews from Texas homeowners we’ve served.
These guys are actually top notch. They did a couple of roofs in our neighborhood after a bad storm. They have excellent communication, gave amazing options, and even helped us work with the insurance company to get more than they were originally going to give us. Really great partners — you will be in great hands with them!
Owner Response
Thank you so much for this review. I really appreciate you trusting us after the storm and allowing us to help with your roof. We take communication, documentation, and giving homeowners clear options seriously, especially when storm damage and insurance are involved. I’m glad we were able to help you understand the process and make things easier from start to finish. It means a lot to be trusted by you and others in the neighborhood. Thank you again for the recommendation.
I needed help replacing my roof after a hail storm and David at The Roof Shepherd really helped me out. The team made the process really easy and streamlined. They were able to source excellent material and their work crew were professional and courteous at all times, and the quality of their work was top notch. I also appreciate how we were able to coordinate around my busy schedule.
Owner Response
Thank you for the thoughtful review. I really appreciate you trusting me and The Roof Shepherd after the hail storm. I’m glad we were able to make the roof replacement process easy, organized, and flexible around your schedule. It also means a lot that you recognized the crew’s professionalism, the quality of the materials, and the workmanship on the roof. Thank you again for giving us the opportunity to help protect your home.
The Roof Shepherd is amazing. He is very knowledgeable and easy to talk to. Getting a new roof can be stressful, but he made the process super easy. He answered all our questions and concerns, worked with our insurance company, and gave us a good price for a new Class 4 roof. The workers were very courteous and professional — they went the extra mile, made sure everything was okay in the attic, worked around the gutters, installed new vents, and later repaired our shed connected to the house. They got everything done in one day, hours ahead of schedule. I highly recommend The Roof Shepherd to anyone that needs a new roof!
Owner Response
Thank you so much for this review. It really means a lot. Getting a new roof can be stressful, so I’m grateful we were able to make the process easier, walk through the insurance side, answer your questions, and get your Class 4 impact-rated roof installed the right way. I also appreciate you mentioning the crew. They worked hard, stayed professional, handled the attic and ventilation details, worked carefully around the gutters, and helped make sure the shed repair was taken care of afterward. Thank you again for trusting The Roof Shepherd with your home and for recommending us. It was a privilege to serve your family.
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Nearby areas we serve
Nearby cities we also serve
The Roof Shepherd also documents and serves these nearby Texas communities. Distances are straight-line miles from the center of Elgin, and each hail figure is the count of NOAA-verified hail events within 10 miles of that city since 2018:
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Common questions in Elgin
Does The Roof Shepherd serve Elgin regularly?
Yes. Elgin is about 29 miles and 37 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Bastrop County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit Elgin?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 10 times within ten miles of Elgin from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 154th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 50th of 71 in the region around Round Rock. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 4 inches, on May 30, 2024.
When is hail season in Elgin?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of Elgin came most often in May and March. The busiest single year in that record was 2024, with 9 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in Elgin?
2024 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 4 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 4 inches on May 30. The table on this page lists every year.
How does Elgin compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: McDade 7, Manor 31 and Pflugerville 57 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 10 for Elgin.
How old are the homes in Elgin?
The median home in Elgin was built in 1979, and 61 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 81 percent have newer homes than Elgin.
What is the strongest wind on record near Elgin?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 92 mph, on August 8, 2003.
How much does a new roof cost in Elgin?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in Elgin first, so any price you weigh fits its real condition. Our price guides for all four trades are on the RPGs page.
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