It is a phrase woven into the local lexicon: "The Texas Hill Country." But a growing body of multi-station radar analysis, GIS mapping, and hydrogeological data suggests a far more accurate name for our landscape: The Fault Country.

For over a decade, Kerr County residents experienced the local fault corridor as a weather shield.

The terrain routinely acted like a storm "repeller," splitting incoming rain fronts and deflecting convective cells around the basin.