Bankersmith, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Comfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78624. The Survey maps it on the Cain City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1894 USGS Fredericksburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cain City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Bankersmith between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,062 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2009 | Natural | 221 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG HILL |
| 23 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CJ RANCH RD |
| 18 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | S BROADWAY |
| 14 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N/A |
| 23 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bankersmith: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boenes Pits & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Doebblers Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bankersmith in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2014: 4 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Bankersmith | - | Rain totals of up to 4 inches in just 2 hours caused flash flooding that closed US87 near Bankersmith in the late afternoon. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Bankersmith | - | Thunderstorms produced rainfall of 2 to 3 inches in northern Kendall County, causing flash flooding that closed FM1376 through the mid afternoon. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Bankersmith | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Bankersmith | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Bankersmith | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Bankersmith | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindendale | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Comfort | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sisterdale | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Waring | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Welfare | 14.2 miles | 10 | |
| Nelson City | 17.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ammans Crossing | 17.8 miles | 10 | |
| Walnut Grove | 18.4 miles | 12 |
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 Bankersmith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4856273 | The 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 1377972. 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.
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.





