Berclair, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goliad South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78107. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berclair quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
On record in Berclair
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Fair Oaks Ranchlisted 2007
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Berclair quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Berclair between 2006 and 2017, burning about 362 acres in total. None 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-40 |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLIAD |
| 4 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 08122011-MOCZYGEMBA |
| 8 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 07082011-WILKERSON RD. |
| 24 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-09 |
| 12 June 2009 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berclair in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berclair | - | Spotter reported multiple large trees snapped near Farm to Market Road 883. Small hail occurred also. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Berclair | - | Quarter sized hail occurred at the Berclair Country Store. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berclair | - | Goliad Auxiliary Field ASOS measured a gust to 62 mph. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berclair | - | Goliad Outlying Field ASOS measured a gust to 61 mph. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berclair | - | ASOS site at Navy Outlying Field Goliad measured a gust to 58 mph. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Berclair | - | Golfball sized hail was reported 10 miles souhtwest of Goliad, on U.S. 59. |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Berclair | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berclair | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Berclair | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berclair | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Berclair | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berclair | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Berclair | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarco | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Riverdale | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Melo | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Angel City | 13.1 miles | 7 | |
| Goliad | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Charco | 14.5 miles | 7 | |
| O'Donnell Place | 14.9 miles | 8 | |
| Scurlock | 18.0 miles | 7 |
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 Berclair | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4891113 | 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 1351901. 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.




