BlockBomarton, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Seymour Rural census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76380. The Survey maps it on the Bomarton quadrangle. It stands 1,407 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Bomarton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Kemp quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Bomarton between 2006 and 2019, burning about 733 acres in total. 4 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ABILENE HWY/2070 GRASS |
| 14 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAY FIRE |
| 22 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 453 |
| 18 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIBB PASTURE |
| 9 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KOLACEK FARMS |
| 7 July 2018 | Natural | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HASHKNIFE RANCH WEST SIDE |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 277 SEMI TRAILER |
| 30 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS/BARDITCH FIRE |
Storms near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bomarton in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bomarton | $10,000 | Mobile home was blown off its anchoring onto highway. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bomarton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bomarton | $10 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bomarton | - | Social media image showing minor tree damage. Time is radar estimated. |
| November 2016 | Flash Flood | Bomarton | - | Highway 277 at county road 436 was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bomarton | - | Public estimated 60 mph winds. No damage was reported. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bomarton | - | The wind gust was measured at the Miller Creek Reservoir RAWS station. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bomarton | - | The wind gust was measured at the Miller Creek Reservoir RAWS station. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Bomarton | - | This rain-wrapped tornado began in Knox county, 4 miles W of Vera, and traveled about 16 miles before eventually moving into Baylor county where it quickly dissipated. The tornado was generally moving to the southeast by the time it moved into the county. This tornado moved through open country with no known damage. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Bomarton | - | A brief tornado was reported 3 miles northwest of Bomarton. Data from the Doppler on Wheels research radars measured a wind velocity of 23 m/s at 22 m above ground level. The duration and path of the tornado beyond this point is unknown. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Bomarton | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported covering the ground. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Bomarton | - | At 10:30 am CST, the Texas Department of Transportation reported that Texas Farm Road 2070 was closed due to floodwaters along several creeks, including Lake Creek, 3 miles north of Bomarton, TX. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bomarton | - | Thunderstorms in the western part of North Texas during the evening hours on the 24th produced damaging winds and hail up to golf ball-size. Thunderstorm winds blew a trailer across a road and downed tree limbs 15 miles west of Crowell, blew roofs off of houses and downed tree limbs 10 miles south of Crowell and near Truscott, downed signs in Wichita Falls, tore the roof off an out building on the south side of Electra and downed tree limbs 2.5 miles west-southwest of Dean. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Bomarton | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Bomarton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Bomarton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bomarton | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Bomarton | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Bomarton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Bomarton | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Bomarton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Springs | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Seymour | 10.6 miles | 7 | |
| Ogden | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Lively | 14.4 miles | 7 | |
| Mabelle | 18.9 miles | 7 | |
| Round Timber | 19.5 miles | 8 | |
| Westover | 21.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fulda | 24.7 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 Bomarton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19867962 | 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 1379439. 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.