Barnhart, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mertzon South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76930. The Survey maps it on the Barnhart quadrangle. It stands 2,559 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1920 USGS Barnhart quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Barnhart quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Barnhart quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Barnhart between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,156 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TEE PEE DRAW 67 |
| 1 September 2020 | Natural | 192 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAD #1 |
| 27 August 2009 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HINDE TEEPEE DRAW |
| 28 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUNSON ROAD COMPLEX |
| 9 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2010 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINTHUCUM |
| 27 June 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 302 |
| 20 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnhart in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 18 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Hail | Barnhart | $15,000 | Golfball Size hail damaged windows and homes. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Barnhart | $9,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnhart | - | A storm chaser reported a wind gust of 70 mph. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Barnhart | - | A storm chaser reported baseball size hail 6 miles north of Barnhart. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Barnhart | - | The Irion County Sheriff's Office reported numerous locations along FM 163 north of Barnhart under water with debris floating in the roadway. Flooding was also reported on CR 401 and CR 131. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnhart | - | The Texas Department of Transportation reported power lines blown down at the intersection of FM 2469 and Texas Highway 163. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Barnhart | - | Texas Department of Transportation reported hail up to two feet deep at the intersection of FM 2469 and State Highway 163. Most of the hail was the size of a nickel, but there was lots of it. The Sheriff reported hail boulders and a porta-potty floating in the ditch. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnhart | - | A trained spotter reported 70 mph winds in Barnhart. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnhart | - | A security officer reported two power poles blown down and power outages on the Rocker B Ranch, near County Road 401 and Highway 163. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnhart | - | The public reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph in Barnhart. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Barnhart | - | The Barnhart fire department reported half-dollar size hail in Barnhart. A possible funnel cloud was also observed. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Barnhart | - | Irion County dispatch reported U.S. Highway 67 located west of Barnhart was flooded. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Barnhart | - | Irion County dispatch reported flooding on Ranch Road 2469. |
| April 2001 | Flash Flood | Barnhart | - | Heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches caused brief flash flooding across western Irion County, forcing the closure of State Highway 163. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Barnhart | - | A tornado briefly touched down in open county northeast of Barnhart. No damage was reported. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| December 2015 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Barnhart | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Barnhart | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suggs | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Noelke | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Old Burk Place | 19.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mertzon | 20.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sherwood | 22.5 miles | 13 | |
| Old Freitag Place | 23.0 miles | 9 | |
| Arden | 30.5 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 Barnhart | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4861828 | 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 1351533. 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.






