Bronson, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pineland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75930. It stands on Steep Mile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bronson quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bronson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Bronson quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Bronson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,982 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 867 |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 691 |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7096 |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 327 |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 148 |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronson in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Bronson | - | Centerview Road between Bronson and Pineland was closed due to high water. FM 2866 near Bear Creek was also flooded and closed due to high water. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Bronson | - | Quarter size hail fell in Bronson. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Bronson | - | High water was reported over Hwy. 96 in Sabine County, Texas near Bronson. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Bronson | - | Water was reported to be knee deep on FM 2856 near the town of Bronson, Texas. |
| March 1999 | Hail | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronson | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Bronson | - | 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.
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 Bronson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4974036 | 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 1381518. 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.






