Browning, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tyler East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75792. The Survey maps it on the Starrville quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1938 USGS Winona quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Winona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Starrville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
438 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 438 fires within 5 miles of Browning between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,334 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 34 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 | 281 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 7129 |
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 7128 |
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 348 |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACKSON COMPLEX |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 111 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KERR MCGEE FIRE |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 342 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 209 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Browning in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browning | 1 hurt, $10,000 | One person was injured after a tree fell on top of his pickup truck he was driving. The incident occurred on FM 2767 near Barber Road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browning | - | Trees downed at FM Road 757 and 2767 and in multiple places along FM Road 757 across Smith County. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browning | - | A tree fell on a transformer. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browning | - | Several large tree limbs were broken off of trees at the Azleway Boy's Ranch along County Road 26, one of which clipped the corner of a building at the Ranch. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browning | - | Several large hardwood trees were blown down near a home on County Road 26, all of which were lying in the same direction. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browning | - | A tree fell onto a power line at the 11600 block of County Road 246 South. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Midway | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Starrville | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Owentown | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| New Chapel Hill | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Chapel Hill | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bascom | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Waters Bluff | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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 Browning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197665 | 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 1378055. 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.






