BlockBernardo, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Columbus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78933. The Survey maps it on the Bernardo quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Bellville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Bernardo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bernardo between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,136 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 | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3,085 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEY ROAD FIRE |
| 19 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Bernardo: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bernardo in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bernardo | $9,000 | Trees down and windows blown out of a house. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Bernardo | - | Low water crossings flooded along 169, FM 2761. Road closed. |
| May 2021 | Flood | Bernardo | - | Interstate 10 was closed between mile markers 712 and 716 due to floodwaters making the road impassable. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bernardo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees along FM 949 from Nelson Lane to Lehrmann Road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bernardo | - | Thunderstorm wind damage was reported in Bernardo. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Bernardo | - | Flooding on FM 949 north of Interstate 10. |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Bernardo | - | Funnel cloud sighted near I-10 and FM 949. |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Bernardo | - | Funnel cloud sighted near Bernardo. |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Bernardo | - | Funnel cloud approaching the Colorado-Austin county line along FM 949. |
| March 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Bernardo | - | Sheriff reported trees down on FM 109 near Bernado. |
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.
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 Bernardo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15198588 | 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 1330444. 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.