Lampasas County
Lampasas, Texas Roofing & Property Protection
Know your roof before you sign anything. The Roof Shepherd brings documentation-first inspection, storm damage documentation, and property guidance to Lampasas homeowners.
Updated November 1, 2026
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The short version
- Lampasas, in Lampasas County, is about 58 miles and 70 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 15 times near Lampasas from 2000 to 2026, 121st of the 207 cities on this site.
- 2014 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 2 inches on June 12.
- The median home in Lampasas was built in 1969, and 78 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 Lampasas, Lampasas County.
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Lampasas At A Glance
What homeowners in Lampasas should know
How Lampasas ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
Lampasas, in Lampasas County, is about 58 miles and 70 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
Lampasas sits within Lampasas 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 Lampasas near 7,700 residents, about two-thirds owner-occupied, with a median home value near $200,000 and a median build year around 1969, so much of this county-seat housing stock is well into roof-replacement age.
Hail & Storm Exposure
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 15 times within ten miles of Lampasas from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 121st of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 35th of 71 in the region around Round Rock.
The Homes Here
The median home in Lampasas was built in 1969, and 78 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 98 percent have newer homes than Lampasas.
Common Roofing Issues
Lampasas recorded the largest hail in The Roof Shepherd’s service area during 2025, 4.50 inch softball-plus stones on May 1. Every home in the city should be considered for documentation.
Lampasas Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Hail and wind on record near Lampasas, in Lampasas County, plus a few local facts worth knowing.
Hail and wind on record here
Lampasas’s verified NOAA record since 2018 includes 4 inch hail at Lake Victor on April 9, 2024, 1.75 inch hail in Lampasas on April 3, 2018, and 1.75 inch hail at Lake Victor on May 1, 2025. 2 thunderstorm wind events sit inside the same 10 mile window. Peak hail months here: April and May. Across Lampasas County as a whole, NOAA logged 29 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 1.75 inches, plus 10 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 1 tornado report.
Worth Knowing
Lampasas is the seat of Lampasas County, known for its historic square and the natural springs that gave the town its name.
Local Note
Lampasas sits at the northern edge of the Hill Country, with older homes near the square and newer builds along the highways.
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 Lampasas
50 hail events are on record within ten miles of Lampasas, the largest 4.00 inches on April 9, 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 | 50 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 15 |
| Largest stone recorded | 4.00 in · April 9, 2024 |
| Busiest year | 2018 · 9 events |
| Most common months | May and April |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 85 mph · April 20, 2006 |
| Radar hail days, 1 in or larger | 213 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 · Lampasas County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the Lampasas 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 Lampasas, 2006 to 2025
One row per year of hail reports one inch or larger near Lampasas, 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 Lampasas, from the National Weather Service archive. 41 reports from 2006 to 2025, 13 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 2018. 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 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4.00 in · April 9 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 in · June 16 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1.25 in · November 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 23 |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 in · January 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2018 | 9 | 1 | 1.75 in · April 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1.75 in · April 29 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | 2.00 in · June 12 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 10 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · March 19 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 21 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 23 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 2.75 in · June 11 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 9 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 in · April 20 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, hail events 2006 through 2025 within 10 miles of the Lampasas 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.
Lampasas County Storm Record
Documented storm exposure in Lampasas
The worst hail seasons near Lampasas from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Hail Frequency
NOAA storm records log 23 hail events within 10 miles of Lampasas since 2018, 11 of them inside the city’s immediate 6 mile ring. Inside that ring, the largest verified stone measured 1.75 inches on April 3, 2018. Since 2018, hail here peaks in April and May.
Largest Recorded
Lampasas County’s recent benchmarks include the May 1, 2025 tornado near Kempner with near-golfball hail that damaged roofs and vehicles, a 2024 tornado-warned storm north of Lampasas, and the April 2024 hail that hit Lampasas, Kempner, and Lometa (NWS Fort Worth).
The worst hail seasons near Lampasas, 2006 to 2025
- 2014: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2 inches on June 12
- 2009: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 2.75 inches on June 11
- 2024: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 4 inches on April 9
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 hail, wind, tornado, and flood history for Lampasas County, the area Lampasas sits in. Roof condition changes with every storm season, which is why the homeowner should own the documentation.
April 9 softball size hail
NOAA verifies 4 inch hail at Lake Victor on April 9, 2024, a softball size stone.
June 11 baseball size hail
NOAA verifies 2.75 inch hail in Lampasas on June 11, 2009, a baseball size stone.
March 28 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Lampasas on March 28, 2000, a golf ball size stone.
March 12 hen egg size hail
NOAA verifies 2 inch hail in Lampasas on March 12, 1999, a hen egg 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 2 hail reports within 6 miles of Lampasas. The largest measured 1.75 inches on May 1, 2025, about 5.3 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 Lampasas
Local ground truth for Lampasas properties
Lampasas sits in Lampasas County in Central Texas, home to roughly 7,936 residents (Census Bureau estimate, 2024). NOAA storm records log 23 hail events within ten miles since 2018. The largest stone in the full NOAA archive, 2000 to 2026, measured 4″ on April 9, 2024.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in Lampasas are likely to be
Census figures on when Lampasas homes were built, which tells you roughly when their first roofs went on.
When the houses went up
Lampasas has 3,268 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 1969. 84 percent were built before 2000 and 78 percent before 1990; 9 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 | 96 | 3% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 205 | 6% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 233 | 7% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 182 | 6% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 322 | 10% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 562 | 17% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 481 | 15% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 648 | 20% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 174 | 5% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 365 | 11% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, Lampasas 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 Lampasas
Everything we cover in Lampasas
All the work we do, in Lampasas and in all of Lampasas County.
What we cover in Lampasas
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in Lampasas and across Lampasas County. Lampasas, in Lampasas County, is about 58 miles and 70 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in Lampasas
Every service below is available to Lampasas homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
All services
Round Rock Extended
How service works in Lampasas
How far Lampasas is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
Lampasas, in Lampasas County, is about 58 miles and 70 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your Lampasas 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 Lampasas homes
Lampasas side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Copperas Cove 22, Burnet 35 and Killeen 14 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 15 for Lampasas. Of the other cities on this site, 98 percent have newer homes than Lampasas.
| City | Hail 1.75 in+, biggest stone |
|---|---|
| Lampasas | 15, 4 in |
| Copperas Cove (16 mi) | 22, 4.5 in |
| Burnet (22 mi) | 35, 5 in |
| Killeen (27 mi) | 14, 4.5 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 Lampasas, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| April 9, 2024 | 4.0″ |
| June 11, 2009 | 2.75″ |
Useful locally: City of Lampasas official site for permit and inspection rules; NWS forecast for Lampasas 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 Lampasas
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 documents show
Lampasas lists a $65 flat fee for a roof permit in its codified fee schedule. No city page describes re-roof permit rules in more detail.
Lampasas adopted the 2021 International Residential Code without local amendments, by Ordinance 1666 dated November 8, 2021.
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 Lampasas 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
Lampasas’ limestone block commercial buildings and wood-frame homes require specialty preparation. Standard suburban painting systems underperform on historic Hill Country construction.
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.
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Homeowner Reviews
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Owner Response
George, thank you for the kind review. I appreciate you trusting me with your roof replacement in Copperas Cove, Texas, and I’m glad we were able to help upgrade your shingles to a better class for your home. Clear communication, professional guidance, and making sure the homeowner understands the roofing options are always important to me. I appreciate the opportunity to help.
Excellent work. I appreciate David and the crew making repairs needed on the roof and also taking the time to explain and walk me through everything.
Owner Response
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David was an absolute pleasure to work with. He showed up right on time for the quote on our repairs and made the whole process smooth and stress-free. Great communicator, clear explanations, and genuinely easy to deal with from start to finish. If you’re looking for someone reliable who actually cares about doing things right, David is your guy. Highly recommend.
Owner Response
Thank you for the thoughtful review. It was a pleasure meeting with you in Georgetown, Texas, and helping you review the roof repair options for your home. I really appreciate you mentioning the communication, timing, and clear explanations. Even when a homeowner decides to go a different direction, my goal is still the same: show up on time, explain the roof concerns clearly, provide a straightforward repair quote, and help you make a confident decision. Thank you again for the kind words and recommendation.
Nearby
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 Lampasas, and each hail figure is the count of NOAA-verified hail events within 10 miles of that city since 2018:
Field Videos
From the field near Lampasas
Real inspections and real conditions, documented, from Lampasas and the area around it.
Field videos from real roofs, each with a short note on what the inspection or the work showed.
Round Rock Class 4 Roof Replacement
What a Class 4 impact-resistant shingle upgrade means for Hill Country homes, hail frequency, material performance, and insurance premium context.
Watch on YouTubeHail Damage on a Garage in Round Rock, Texas
Hail hits on garage siding in Round Rock, the property level evidence that tells you the roof deserves a closer look.
Watch on YouTubeLampasas FAQs
Common questions in Lampasas
Does The Roof Shepherd serve Lampasas regularly?
Yes. Lampasas is about 58 miles and 70 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Lampasas County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit Lampasas?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 15 times within ten miles of Lampasas from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 121st of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 35th of 71 in the region around Round Rock. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 4 inches, on April 9, 2024.
When is hail season in Lampasas?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of Lampasas came most often in May and April. The busiest single year in that record was 2018, with 9 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in Lampasas?
2014 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 3 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 2 inches on June 12. The table on this page lists every year.
How does Lampasas compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Copperas Cove 22, Burnet 35 and Killeen 14 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 15 for Lampasas.
How old are the homes in Lampasas?
The median home in Lampasas was built in 1969, and 78 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 98 percent have newer homes than Lampasas.
What is the strongest wind on record near Lampasas?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 85 mph, on April 20, 2006.
How much does a new roof cost in Lampasas?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in Lampasas 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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