BlockBoracho, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Van Horn Rural census division. The Survey maps it on the Boracho quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1928 USGS Kent quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Boracho quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Boracho between 2010 and 2014, burning about 27 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 151 |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KOHEN HORSE PASTURE |
| 24 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 157 |
| 24 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP150 |
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 152 |
| 4 June 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 151 |
| 16 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KOHEN ROAD-ELMORE FARM |
| 25 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 157 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boracho in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Boracho | - | Flash flooding up to 1 foot deep at times over I-10 at mile marker 171. The duration is estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Levinson | 14.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ort | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Van Horn | 23.6 miles | 13 | |
| Corner Windmill | 25.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lobo | 26.5 miles | 12 | |
| Grisham Pumping Station | 27.7 miles | 8 | |
| Old Christian Place | 32.5 miles | 6 |
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 Boracho | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19600568 | 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 1379448. 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.