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Bluff Dale, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Morgan Mill-Bluff Dale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76433. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bluff Dale quadrangle. 151 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 912 feet above sea level.

Bluff Dale within Erath County

On record in Bluff Dale

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

170 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Bluff Dale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning106
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTOMMY TUBBS TRACTOR
5 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDRY BRANCH
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceERATH
30 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceANGLERS COVE
20 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service377
1 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE CR 155

Every fire recorded in Erath County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluff Dale in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBluff Dale-A social media report indicated numerous trees snapped along County Road 148 in Bluff Dale near U.S. Highway 377.
December 2022Tornado (EF1)Bluff Dale-A brief EF-1 tornado affected Erath County near Bluff Dale. The tornado briefly touched down near Peninsula Drive where multiple, large oak trees were uprooted. The tornado lifted northeast across Lakeside Drive, uprooting numerous trees at three homes along Lanyard Drive. One home suffered significant loss of roofing materials. The tornado continued northeast towards County Road 172 before lifting. Maximum estimated winds were 95 mph.
April 2020HailBluff Dale-Hail report received via mPing.
April 2014HailBluff Dale-Quarter sized hail was reported by a member of the public 5 miles southwest of Bluff Dale.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Bluff Dale-A NWS Storm Survey determined an EF-0 tornado began approximately 2 miles southeast of Bluff Dale in Erath County and continued to the east into Hood County. This tornado had a path length of approximately 2.5 miles and an estimated width of 150 yards. Mostly tree damage occurred with this tornado and winds were estimated at 85 mph.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindBluff Dale-A 60 mph wind gust was estimated by a trained spotter.
February 2009HailBluff Dale-Quarter size hail fell in Bluff Dale.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindBluff Dale-Large limbs blown down.
April 2006HailBluff Dale-Reported between Bluff Dale and Chalk Mountain.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindBluff Dale-High winds caused extensive tree damage.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBluff Dale-no account filed
June 2004HailBluff Dale-no account filed
April 2003HailBluff Dale-no account filed
April 2003HailBluff Dale-no account filed
February 1998HailBluff Dale-no account filed
April 1997HailBluff Dale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Erath County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Morgan Mill8.1 miles12
Knob Hill9.0 miles14
Welcome Valley12.4 miles15
Patillo13.1 miles21
Stephenville13.1 miles15
Three Way13.3 miles13
Sapoak14.0 miles12
Johnsville14.1 miles13

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 Bluff DaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4930643The 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 1330946. 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.