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Bangs, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bangs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76823. The Survey maps it on the Bangs West quadrangle. 1,540 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,608 feet above sea level.

Bangs within Brown County

Population over time

2 figures

Bangs fell from 1,603 to 1,540 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,603
20201,540-63 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

287 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Bangs between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,737 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Debris and open burning95
Equipment and vehicle use53
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2017Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 117 5001
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service67/1849 GRASS FIRE
3 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 279
24 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 198/5011 HWY 67

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bangs in 56 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 37 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1994Thunderstorm WindBangs$500,000Numerous mobile homes were damaged in and around Bangs.
April 2008Tornado (EF1)Bangs$150,000The NWS storm survey revealed an EF1 tornado with winds estimated at 90 mph, damaging grain silos, roofs and overturning a trailer.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindBangs$5,000Trees and powerlines downed.
October 1993HailBangs$5,000This thunderstorm developed over eastern Colemean county and moved east, becoming severe over Brown county. Car windshields were knocked out at four miles SE of Bangs. Large tree limbs were reported downed in Brownwood. Extensive roof damage was reported in May from large hail.
May 2007HailBangs$4,000Minor damage to vehicles was reported.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBangs-A storm spotter measured a wind gust of 67 mph.
May 2024HailBangs-Public reported on social media golf ball size hail.
May 2024HailBangs-A storm chaser reported tennis ball size hail in Bangs.
May 2024HailBangs-Public reported nickel to quarter size hail.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBangs-The public reported a wind gust of 71 mph.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindBangs-Trained spotter reported 60 to 65 mph wind gusts in Bangs.
May 2023HailBangs-The hail was mostly quarter size off of County Road 155.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindBangs-Emergency manager reported damaging winds that destroyed two sheds that housed two goats. The two goats were killed when these smaller sheds were tossed by the thunderstorm winds.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindBangs-A large tree was blown down on Vine Street in Bangs. The time was estimated on radar.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindBangs-The public reported a recreational vehicle was blown off State Highway 67 just east of Bangs.
May 2016HailBangs-Golf ball size hail was reported through amateur radio along US Highway 67 on the Brown/Coleman County line.
May 2015Heavy RainBangs-An amateur radio operator measured 3.1 inches of rain in one hour on the south side of Bangs.
May 2015Flash FloodBangs-The public reported the water was 2 feet deep and surrounded the duplexes at Spencer and 4th Street in Bangs.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBangs-A trained spotter reported a large oak tree limb down on U.S. Highway 67. The limb was 10 inches in diameter and 20 feet long. A few trees were also uprooted.
May 2007Flash FloodBangs-Two feet of water was reported flowing over County Road 180 between Brownwood and Bangs.
May 2006HailBangs-Hailstones to the size of baseballs broke car windshields in Bangs and tennis ball size hail fell in Brownwood with little or no rain. This hail storm stretched from 3 miles northwest of Bangs to Brownwood.
October 2001HailBangs-Hail up to the size of golf balls reported in western Brown County near Bangs.
April 2000HailBangs-Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in western Brown County.
April 2000HailBangs-Large hail hit the community of Bangs for the fourth time this evening.
March 1995HailBangs-Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds.
May 1995HailBangs-Trees and power lines were blown down by a tornado.
May 1994HailBangs-A mobile home was destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
May 1994HailBangs-A tornado at Lake Brownwood destroyed a home and a business, damaged several homes, and destroyed boat docks and boats. Extensive damage occurred at the Lake Brownwood State Park where numerous recreational vehicles and trailers were overturned.
October 1993HailBangs-This thunderstorm developed over eastern Colemean county and moved east, becoming severe over Brown county. Car windshields were knocked out at four miles SE of Bangs. Large tree limbs were reported downed in Brownwood. Extensive roof damage was reported in May from large hail.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindBangs-Wind damage was reported to railroad crossing guardrails.
May 2017HailBangs-no account filed
April 2016HailBangs-no account filed
May 2014HailBangs-no account filed
December 2012HailBangs-no account filed
June 2011HailBangs-no account filed
June 2011HailBangs-no account filed
May 2009HailBangs-no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindBangs-no account filed
March 2007HailBangs-no account filed
May 2007HailBangs-no account filed
May 2006HailBangs-no account filed
May 2005HailBangs-no account filed
December 2004Thunderstorm WindBangs-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindBangs-no account filed
November 2004HailBangs-no account filed
November 2004Thunderstorm WindBangs-no account filed
June 2003HailBangs-no account filed
April 2000HailBangs-no account filed
April 2000HailBangs-no account filed
May 2000HailBangs-no account filed
May 1999HailBangs-no account filed
May 1999HailBangs-no account filed
May 1996Tornado (F0)Bangs-no account filed
November 1996HailBangs-no account filed
April 1995HailBangs-no account filed
May 1994HailBangs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Thrifty6.5 miles15
Bluff View6.6 miles14
Shamrock Shores7.3 miles17
Brownwood7.5 miles20
Dalzell7.9 miles14
Fry7.9 miles15
Lake Shore8.1 miles17
Woodland Heights9.3 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BangsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q970232The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1372388. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.

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.