Bonita, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the St. Jo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76255. The Survey maps it on the Bonita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1905 USGS Montague quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Bonita quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
111 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Bonita between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,716 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COBB HOLLOW |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015080 |
| 29 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015089 |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010069 |
| 27 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016097 |
| 19 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016096 |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COBB HOLLOW 3 |
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 Bonita: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nocona Rock Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonita in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Bonita | $15,000 | Broadcast media reported softball sized hail 4 miles northwest of Saint Jo. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Bonita | $5,000 | Golfball size hail was observed in Bonita. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Bonita | - | Emergency management reported that several roads were flooded across Montague County. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Bonita | - | Law enforcement reported half dollar sized hail in Bonita, TX. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Bonita | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail approximately 5 miles northwest of the city of Saint Jo, TX. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Bonita | - | A brief tornado lasting 30 seconds was reported 1 mile east of Bonita. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Bonita | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capps Corner | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Jo | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Nocona Hills | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Corinth | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Nocona | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Montague | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Dye | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Illinois Bend | 10.2 miles | 13 |
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 Bonita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4942058 | 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 1352658. 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.





