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Burleson County, Texas
49 topographic sheets and 11 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.
Research this county
What the record shows
- 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Caldwell, Somerville, between 1885 and 1944.
- 11 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
- 236 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 27 populated places in this county; 27 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Photographs
5 photographs, 2014Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Places on the National Register
3Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopian Star Lodge #308 | building | 2025 | 100012167 | |
 | Kraitchar, Thomas, Jr. and Mary, House | building | 2002 | 02000731 |
 | Reeves-Womack House | building | 1993 | 93000002 |
Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps
1Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
The county from the air
45 shownFlown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,997 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 45 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
Weather records
13 stations, 4 gagesThe thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
- COLLEGE STN 6 SW 1882 to 1984, hottest 43.3 C, coldest -19.4 C
- SOMERVILLE 1908 to 1951, hottest 43.9 C, coldest -15.6 C
- CALDWELL 1936 to 2022
- SOMERVILLE DAM 1963 to 2026, hottest 45.6 C, coldest -16.1 C
- CALDWELL 8.2 W 2007 to 2013
- TUNIS 0.2 NW 2012 to 2014
- SOMERVILLE 6.7 WSW 2020 to 2021
- CALDWELL 1.8 NE 2021 to 2026
- SOMERVILLE 9.2 W 2022 to 2026
- CALDWELL 7.6 E 2023 to 2026
- CALDWELL 4.0 E 2024 to 2026
- CALDWELL 1.9 NW 2025 to 2026
- SOMERVILLE 5.2 NE 2025 to 2026
- Yegua Ck nr Somerville, TX 1924 to 2026
- Davidson Ck nr Lyons, TX 1962 to 2026
- E Yegua Ck nr Dime Box, TX 1962 to 2026
- Brazos Rv at SH 21 nr Bryan, TX 1993 to 2026
The 1950 census, district by district
25 districtsWho lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
- 26-1Justice Precinct 1: Caldwell city: Caldwell city - That part east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- 26-2Caldwell city - That part west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and north of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
- 26-3Caldwell city - That part south of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- 26-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of State Hwy. 21, outside Caldwell city
- 26-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of State Hwy. 21, outside Caldwell city
- 26-6Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part northeast of Old River and south of Tunis - Myers Rd. extending east to State Hwy. 60 and south of State Hwy. 60
- 26-7Justice Precinct 2 - That part northwest of Tunis - Myers Rd., and State Hwy. 60 and northeast of State Hwy. 50
- 26-8Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 50 and north of Caldwell - Tunis - Myers Rd.
- 26-9Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of Tunis - Myers Rd., west of Old River and east of Tunis - Merle Rd.
- 26-10Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of Caldwell - Tunis Rd., west of Tunis - Merle Rd., and northeast of Berry Creek
- 26-11Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of Berry Creek
- 26-12Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part northeast of Cedar Creek
- 26-13Justice Precinct 3 - That part southwest of Cedar Creek and northeast of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
- 26-14Justice Precinct 3 - That part southwest of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
- 26-15Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part northeast of State Hwy. 36
- 26-16Justice Precinct 4 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 36
- 26-17Justice Precinct 5: Justice Precinct 5 - That part north of Somerville - Welburn Rd.
- 26-18Justice Precinct 5 - That part south of Somerville - Welburn Rd.
- 26-19Justice Precinct 6: Justice Precinct 6 - That part south of State Hwy. 21
- 26-20Justice Precinct 6 - That part north of State Hwy. 21
- 26-21Justice Precinct 7: Justice Precinct 7 - That part southeast of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- 26-22Justice Precinct 7 - That part northwest of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- 26-23Justice Precinct 8: Somerville city: Somerville city - That part northeast of Ave. H
- 26-24Somerville city - That part southwest of Ave. H
- 26-25Justice Precinct 8 - That part outside Somerville city
Wildfire, 1992 to 2020
1,177 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,177 of them, burning about 5,792 acres. 24 started naturally and 30 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 608 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 326 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 103 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20690 PR 4005 |
| 2 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 170 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VAN POSTELL |
| 1 December 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 908 FIRE |
| 22 January 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOMAS CYRD330 |
| 7 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2008 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1957 to 2025
60 of 241 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 241 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 19 injuries and about $13,540,900 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 103 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 90 |
| Tornado | 22 |
| Flash Flood | 18 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 |
| Lightning | 4 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1987 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 killed, 12 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1989 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 4 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F3) | Caldwell | 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | Tornado touched down near Harmony at 1955 CST with significant tree damage including an 18 inch diameter tree blown down. A trailer was also significantly damaged. Tornado then tracked to just south of Center Line with mostly F0 tree damage along its path. Tornado then reached the Pin Oak subdivision at about 2022 CST. Several trailers, including a double-wide, were destroyed. A total of 7 homes were destroyed and another 10 severely damaged in this area, with damage reaching F2 status. Tornado then struck a ranch on the south side of FM 1361 with large trees uprooted or cut in half and windows blown out and portion of roof torn off large frame house. Several rural outbuildings at the ranch which had been bolted down were destroyed. Damage in this area was rated F3 with damage swath up to a half mile wide. Tornado then tracked to just north of Clay by 2051 CST with a narrow swath of F0 to F1 tree damage along the path. When tornado passed north of Clay before dissipating, car was blown off road and damage swath reached 200 yards wide. |
| May 1981 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Caldwell | $1,500,000 | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Snook | $500,000 | The tornado touched down to the northeast of Snook and produced major damage to both a private business and a FedEx shipping facility. A small metal outbuilding was destroyed at the private business while a larger metal outbuilding sustained significant damage. The FedEx facility suffered some minor damage while a few tractor trailers were thrown across the road into a pecan tree orchard. |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Caldwell | $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Chriesman | $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Chriesman | $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Caldwell | $500,000 | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snook | $250,000 | Strong straight line winds destroyed a large barn and damaged numerous trees, in addition to briefly lifting the roof off of a home before setting it back down. These straight line winds were associated with the rear flank downdraft of a tornadic supercell. |
| May 1981 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1981 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Deanville | $200,000 | An EF-1 tornado cut a swath of damage that extended from just northeast of Deanville to just southeast of Caldwell with damage along the southern portion of that area where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. One house was pushed off a cinder block base then dragged along a curved path for about 100 feet. A feed trailer was lifted over a fence then rolled about 150 feet. Several sheds and barns were destroyed. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Caldwell | $200,000 | At least 50 reports of damage to cars and homes. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Snook | $150,000 | A tornado touched down in the southeastern portion of Snook and damaged numerous homes and uprooted several trees and damaged numerous others. Additional damage to the south of the tornado track was due to the rear flank downdraft of the storm. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Snook | $100,000 | There was an EF0 tornado in Snook that caused damage to a garage door and also some roof damage to a couple homes and to an apartment complex. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Caldwell Muni Arpt | $100,000 | Grapefruit to softball sized hail was observed. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell Muni Arpt | $100,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted numerous large trees and damaged roofs along FM 975 near the Second Creek subdivision. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $100,000 | Trees and power lines down in Caldwell with portion of roof blown off Caldwell Middle School. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Pt | $100,000 | Trees down from Blackjack to Snook. Barns destroyed near Cooks Point. Numerous trees down along FM 2000 with trees down on rooftops and automobiles. |
| November 2000 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $100,000 | Flooding on FM 1361 and SH 36 and in the Somerville area. Numerous county roads flooded. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Caldwell | $95,000 | Baseball size hail in Caldwell. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Snook | $75,000 | Tornado sheared the roof off one vacant mobile home on FM 60. Another mobile home on CR 269 and a few metal sheds also sustained some roof damage and trees were snapped. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cooks Pt | $60,000 | Damage to windows in home due to hail. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $50,000 | Sheriff reported heavy roof damage to the Caldwell Elementary and Intermediate schools located on CR 307, also two trailers and a barn were destroyed and trees blown down just north of Caldwell. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $50,000 | Numerous trees down over northern third of county. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burleson | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down fences, broke windows, and ripped shingles off houses. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | $40,000 | Winds blew out windows and knocked down power lines. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell Muni Arpt | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a trailer. |
| January 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Hogg | $30,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey determined a short-lived EF-1 tornado caused damage in western Burleson County. A shed was destroyed and numerous trees were snapped. A trailer was thrown southward around 40 yards while other debris was thrown toward the northeast. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyons | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a tin constructed tire shop north of Somerville on Highway 36. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $30,000 | Widespread street flooding throughout the county. Cedar and Davidson Creeks out of banks with surrounding roads under water near Caldwell. |
| November 2002 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $30,000 | Numerous roads closed due to high water on extremely saturated grounds. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deanville | $25,000 | A metal structure was badly damaged with a couple downed power lines in the Deanville area. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell Muni Arpt | $25,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds caused barn and residential home damage, flipped over camper trailers, downed power lines and tree damage. Reports were of major barn damage with debris from the barn striking and damaging a nearby home. A 100 year old oak tree was blown down in the town of Caldwell. The location of the majority of damage was west of the town of Caldwell and in western potions of Burleson County, but specific locations are unknown. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell Muni Arpt | $25,000 | A severe thunderstorm downed numerous trees and power lines across the county. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Somerville | $25,000 | Quarter-size hail in the town of Somerville. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Deanville | $25,000 | Nickel sized hail covered the ground. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Somerville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 1957 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Caldwell Muni Arpt | $20,000 | Heavy rains produced flash flooding in the Caldwell area. Law enforcement and trained spotters reported up to four inches of rain fell in the Gray Street, North Porter Street, and Highway 21 areas which brought water into three homes and a motel. Numerous road closures occurred along the Highway 21 area of the city. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Caldwell | $20,000 | Numerous county roads closed due to flooding. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Somerville | $20,000 | Trees blown down; one on a house. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Lyons | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snook | $15,000 | Numerous trees were reported down across the county. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chreisman | $15,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down in Chriesman and Caldwell. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chreisman | $15,000 | Roof of porch blown off by wind. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snook | $15,000 | Power lines down on FM 50 and FM 60. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $15,000 | Trees down and blocking roads. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Chriesman | $15,000 | Golfball hail along northern portion of county bording Milam County line. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $15,000 | Tree down. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deanville | $15,000 | Trees down. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Caldwell | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snook | $12,000 | Tree down on car off of FM 2039 near Tunis. Portions of CR 128 were closed due to a blown over tree blocking the road. |
| May 2015 | Lightning | Deanville | $10,000 | An oil storage tank truck was struck by lightning. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Deanville | $10,000 | Flash flooding closed roads from the Deanville area to Snook to the Somerville Lake area. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lyons | $10,000 | Tennis ball sized hail was reported in Lyons. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunis | $10,000 | Numerous reports of wind damage in Burleson County. Trees and powerlines downed along FM 1362 in Caldwell and trees downed along County Road 268 near Snook. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Caldwell | $10,000 | Hail covered the ground along FM 908. |
Mines and quarries
2 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium | 2 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falkenburg-Blackburn Prospect | Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium | Occurrence | 1954 | |
| Weiler-Whitener Prospect | Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium | Occurrence | 1954 |
Every populated place in the county
27Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
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Caldwell
Caldwell census division · 77836 · Caldwell quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1993
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
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Somerville
Somerville census division · 77879 · On Sweet Water Creek · Somerville quadrangle
10 sheets, 1954 to 1993
Fire insurance: 3 atlases
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Beaver Creek
Old River census division · 77836 · On Berry Creek · Lyons quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1993
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Big Creek
Somerville census division · 77879 · On Big Creek · Somerville quadrangle
10 sheets, 1954 to 1993
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Center Line
Old River census division · 77879 · On Ryan Creek · Lyons quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1993
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Davidson
Caldwell census division · 77836 · On Second Davidson Creek · Frenstat quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1993
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Deanville
Caldwell census division · 77836 · Near Wolphen Hollow · Deanville quadrangle
9 sheets, 1919 to 1993
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Goodwill
Cooks Point census division · 77836 · On Little Cedar Creek · Goodwill quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1993
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Harmony
Caldwell census division · 77836 · On Brushy Creek · Frenstat quadrangle
8 sheets, 1954 to 1993
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Rita
Cooks Point census division · 77836 · On Damn Branch · Mumford quadrangle
9 sheets, 1954 to 1993
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Scofield
Old River census division · 77879 · On Davidson Creek · Gay Hill quadrangle
10 sheets, 1914 to 1993
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Wilcox
Old River census division · 77879 · On Bethel Creek · Snook quadrangle
9 sheets, 1914 to 1993
Recorded here
Caldwell, Texas
8 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1943
Everything this county holds
The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.
Surveyed structures
3 structuresProvenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.