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Camp Mystic did not respond to a request for comment. History of floods. Camp Mystic has a long history with flooding, going back to just a few years after it was established 99 years ago.

At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely hazardous” by the county.

It was 1932, just six years after Camp Mystic opened, when an early July rain began falling on the Texas Hill Country around the Guadalupe River. At first, it was a “lovely, gentle rain,” one ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

Grieving mom of dead Camp Mystic camper desperately seeks daughter’s ‘most prized possession’ lost in devastating Texas floods By . Anna Young. Published July 10, 2025, 11:35 p.m. ET.

History of floods. Camp Mystic has a long history with flooding, going back to just a few years after it was established 99 years ago. In 1932, flood waters “swept away” several cabins at the ...

Camp Mystic did not respond to a request for comment. History of floods Camp Mystic has a long history with flooding, going back to just a few years after it was established 99 years ago.

Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly surge.

Dick Eastland warned for decades about the hidden dangers of the beautiful but volatile Guadalupe River, a peril he saw firsthand while running his family’s youth camp alongside its banks.Eastland saw ...