Bono, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Godley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76044. The Survey maps it on the Bono quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Granbury quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1928 USGS Godley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Bono quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Bono between 2005 and 2011, burning about 884 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KATIE COURT |
| 9 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1224A FIRE |
| 4 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIN TOP HWY |
| 11 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OVERLOOK RD. FIRE |
| 29 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BONO74 |
| 16 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BONO65 |
| 31 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BONO # 36 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bono in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Bono | $100,000 | Emergency management reported golf ball sized hail 5 miles south-southeast of Keene, TX. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bono | $50,000 | A barn was unroofed, outbuildings were damaged, fences and trees were blown down by high winds. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bono | $10,000 | Golfball size hail fell about 4 miles southeast of Cleburne. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bono | $8,000 | A barn was destroyed by high winds,a mobile home was unroofed, and trees were uprooted. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Bono | $5,000 | Amateur radio reported golfball sized hail in the city of Bono, TX. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bono | $2,000 | Roof was blown off, as well as tree limbs down which were between 6-8 inches in diameter in the Sand Flat area. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Bono | - | National Weather Service storm survey crews determined a tornado produced EF-0 damage to the south and east of Cleburne. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Bono | - | Penny size hail fell 3 miles southeast of Cleburne. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bono | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bono | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lone Willow | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lebanon | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Buchanan (historical) | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cleburne | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Hill | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Godley | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rio Vista | 9.3 miles | 17 |
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 Bono | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q96373785 | 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 1378030. 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.





