Broome, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sterling City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76951. It lies near China Draw. The Survey maps it on the Broome quadrangle. It stands 2,211 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Broome quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Robert Lee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Broome between 2006 and 2011, burning about 1,099 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BODE FIRE |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2008 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 February 2009 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRIZZELL FIRE |
| 23 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 February 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broome in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Broome | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Broome | - | Public reported golf ball size hail. In addition, 4 inches of rain was reported as well as high winds. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Broome | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Broome | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Broome | - | Public reported very large hail (larger than baseball) damaging cars and trees. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Broome | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broome | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Broome | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Broome | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling City | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Iolanthe (historical) | 22.2 miles | 8 |
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 Broome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4975269 | 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 1378052. 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.




