Brownsboro, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lockhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78644. The Survey maps it on the McMahan quadrangle. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1925 USGS San Marcos 1-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Lockhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS McMahan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Brownsboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,388 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9479 OLD COLONYLINE RD |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CATFISH LN |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURDETT WELL |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 125 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | CR 205 |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CELL TOWER FIRE |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 101 |
| 28 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH LANE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownsboro in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Brownsboro | $10,000 | In the early morning hours, a cluster of storms moved east across portions of Caldwell County. Along the leading edge of the thunderstorms, an NWS survey concluded a small EF-0 (estimated peak wind, 80mph) tornado formed and produced some minor damage approximately seven miles northeast of Luling. Wind damage to some trees was found on CR 144 with some roof damage reported off of Wattsville Rd. A small tornado track was found that crossed Pasture Rd. and continued east just north of Wattsville Rd. ending just east of Tenney Creek Rd. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Brownsboro | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. FM 1322 was flooded by Plum Creek northeast of Luling. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Brownsboro | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to multiple water rescues and 100 low water crossings being closed around the southern part of the county. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Brownsboro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seawillow | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Watts | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Tilmon | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral Springs (historical) | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Joliet | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Soda Springs | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| McNeil | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| McMahan | 6.7 miles | 15 |
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 Brownsboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851174 | 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 1378057. 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.







