Bisbee, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76063. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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 Fort Worth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
168 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Bisbee between 2005 and 2020, burning about 988 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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/undetermined | 103 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MANSFIELD FIRE |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALNUT CREEK FIRE |
| 7 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 287 FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALLENDER RD |
| 24 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MITCHELL |
| 23 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPYGLASS FIRE |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEWT PATTERSON |
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bisbee in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bisbee | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds were estimated near 65 mph near Russell Curry Rd and Highway 287 in Mansfield. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Bisbee | - | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). |
| June 2025 | Hail | Bisbee | - | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watsonville | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Valley Ridge | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Kennedale | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sublett | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Rendon | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Mansfield | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Retta | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Tate Springs | 5.0 miles | 16 |
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 Bisbee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076413 | 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 1378010. 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.





