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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.

Bonnie View within Refugio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

11 since 2008

Regional 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 July 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOST FIREWORKS
10 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1360 STEINDORF
9 June 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFRANKE/FM 2511
20 May 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLANDRIDGE
19 February 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOPELAND RD AND REED ST
13 February 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePARKER
15 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 January 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBECK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Refugio County

Storms near this place

17 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Bonnie View$30,000NWS 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 2015Thunderstorm WindBonnie View$25,000Large 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 2016Thunderstorm WindBonnie View$20,000High 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 2010Thunderstorm WindBonnie View$15,000A 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 2015HailBonnie View$5,000Television station relayed a report of golf ball sized hail in the community of Bonnie View.
November 2012Thunderstorm WindBonnie View$1,000Strong winds blew small tree limbs down 4 miles south of Woodsboro.
July 2020Tornado (EFU)Bonnie View-Tornado occurred over an open field. No damage was documented.
June 2018Flash FloodBonnie 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 2018Flash FloodBonnie 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 2018Flash FloodBonnie View-Water was over the road near Chocolate Swale and Farm to Market Road 136 southeast of Woodsboro.
September 2018FloodBonnie View-Farm to Market Roads 2678, 1360, and 3037 around and east of Bonnie View had water across them but were passable.
September 2018Flash FloodBonnie View-Parts of Farm to Market Road 629 near Bonnie View was closed due to flash flooding along Chocolate Swale.
April 2015HailBonnie View-Spotter reported nickel sized hail.
February 2013Flash FloodBonnie 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 2012HailBonnie View-Nickel sized hail was reported 4 miles south of Woodsboro.
April 2012Flash FloodBonnie View-Water was over the road on Farm to Market road 1360 and Aransas River Road between Woodsboro and Bayside.
June 2010Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Refugio 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
Cranell4.9 miles8
Woodsboro5.0 miles8
Black Point (historical)6.0 miles8
Old Saint Marys6.6 miles9
Bayside6.8 miles9
Refugio9.6 miles8
Quintana14.8 miles9
Ryanville16.3 miles8

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.