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Bronco, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1970. It stands in the Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79355. The Survey maps it on the Bronco quadrangle.

Bronco within Yoakum County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bronco between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,722 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
15 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresCapitan District21-50220097X
29 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTaos PuebloSHARON
16 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use76 acresCapitan District20-51650665X
5 May 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresCapitan DistrictBRONCO
14 May 2016Natural50 acresCapitan DistrictPERRY PLACE
25 April 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresCapitan DistrictBEVERTA
28 February 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCapitan DistrictE 380 SOUTH
30 December 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution50 acresCapitan DistrictWISHBONE

Every fire recorded in Yoakum County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bronco: 5 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Un. Grav. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yoakum County

Storms near this place

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronco in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 9 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015HailBronco-A HAM radio spotter estimated tennis ball size hail. Damage was unknown.
June 2013HailBronco-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Bronco.
June 2012HailBronco-A swath of quarter size hail west and northwest of Plains. No damage was reported.
April 2012HailBronco-Law enforcement reported hail to the size of golf balls in Bronco. No damage was reported.
June 2004HailBronco-Trained storm spotter reported tennis ball sized hail.
August 1998Tornado (F0)Bronco-The Yoakum County Sheriff's Office, as well as other witnesses, reported a weak tornado just northeast of the community of Bronco (which is west-northwest of Plains). Witnesses reported that it was "large but thin." NWS Doppler radar indicated a fairly strong though very small storm that was nearly stationary (other storms in the area were moving northwest at 15-20 mph). This may have been a landspout-type of tornado. It remained over open pasture and did not cause damage.
April 1997HailBronco-Nickel-size hail in extreme western Yoakum County was reported by researchers from Texas Tech University.
June 2005HailBronco-no account filed
October 2004HailBronco-no account filed
May 2002HailBronco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yoakum 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
Plains13.1 miles7
Allred20.8 miles6
Denver City23.6 miles6
Sligo24.1 miles7
Pleasant Hill26.5 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1352927. 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.