For generations of girls at Camp Mystic, Dick Eastland was a fixture of the landscape — like the high rocky bluff with the big “Mystic” sign that welcomed campers, or the Guadalupe River ...

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.

More than a dozen Camp Mystic cabins were in a known flood zone, with girls left without phones, internet or power when the devastating flash floods swept through the century-old destination in ...

Camp Mystic could have relocated the buildings to higher ground, or just turned them into structures for recreational activities and made sure that campers were sleeping in safer areas, she said.

In the wake of that flood, Camp Mystic’s owner, Dick Eastland, joined in an effort to install a new system of river gauges that could notify emergency managers of rising floodwaters.

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.

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 and ...

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