Bonnie View, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Woodsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78393. The Survey maps it on the Woodsboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Woodsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Woodsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Bonnie View between 2008 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POST FIREWORKS |
| 10 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1360 STEINDORF |
| 9 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANKE/FM 2511 |
| 20 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LANDRIDGE |
| 19 February 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COPELAND RD AND REED ST |
| 13 February 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARKER |
| 15 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BECK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonnie View in 17 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 6 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail. 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 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Bonnie View | $30,000 | NWS storm survey concluded a tornado touched down in an open field just east of Levien Road. The tornado traveled east crossing Gin Road where it snapped 5 utility poles and blew the roof off of a shed. The tornado dissipated before crossing Farm to Market Road 136 north of Bayside. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonnie View | $25,000 | Large tree limbs were snapped from south of Woodsboro to northeast of Woodsboro. Limbs were estimated to be up to a foot in diameter. A few power lines were blown down. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonnie View | $20,000 | High winds damaged a barn, blew in a garage door, destroyed several sheds, and moved farm equipment near the community of Bonnie View. Winds were estimated to be near 70 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonnie View | $15,000 | A 150-200 foot barn was destroyed and blown downwind, 1/4 mile was of FM 629 and Boenig Rd. Several trees were also damaged nearby. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bonnie View | $5,000 | Television station relayed a report of golf ball sized hail in the community of Bonnie View. |
| November 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonnie View | $1,000 | Strong winds blew small tree limbs down 4 miles south of Woodsboro. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Bonnie View | - | Tornado occurred over an open field. No damage was documented. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Bonnie View | - | Flooding along Chocolate Swale and Sous Creek caused water to cover the roadways along Farm to Market Roads 629 and 1360 near Bonnie View and Farm to Market Road 1360 near Woodsboro. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Bonnie View | - | Many roads around Woodsboro were flooded. Highway 77 between Woodsboro and Refugio had water over the roadway. Farm to Market Road 1360 was flooded between Woodsboro and Bonnie View. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Bonnie View | - | Water was over the road near Chocolate Swale and Farm to Market Road 136 southeast of Woodsboro. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Bonnie View | - | Farm to Market Roads 2678, 1360, and 3037 around and east of Bonnie View had water across them but were passable. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Bonnie View | - | Parts of Farm to Market Road 629 near Bonnie View was closed due to flash flooding along Chocolate Swale. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bonnie View | - | Spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
| February 2013 | Flash Flood | Bonnie View | - | Heavy rainfall produced flooding in southern Refugio County with water over the roadways around the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1360 and 3037 in the Bonnieview area. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Bonnie View | - | Nickel sized hail was reported 4 miles south of Woodsboro. |
| April 2012 | Flash Flood | Bonnie View | - | Water was over the road on Farm to Market road 1360 and Aransas River Road between Woodsboro and Bayside. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Bonnie View | - | An NWS concluded and EF-0 tornado touched down in a grain field roughly 5 miles southeast of Woodsboro, near Levien Road and FM 3037. The tornado was roughly 20 yards wide and on the ground for approximately 1/4 mile. Crops were flattened along the path. Winds speed of 70-80 mph were estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranell | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Woodsboro | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Black Point (historical) | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Old Saint Marys | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bayside | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Refugio | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Quintana | 14.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ryanville | 16.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1331062. 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.





