BlockBruceville-Eddy, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Moody-Lorena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76524. The Survey maps it on the Moody quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Mc Gregor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moody quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Bruceville-Eddy between 2006 and 2020, burning about 544 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNATTENDED CONTROLLED BURN |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOWERS |
| 11 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VIOLATION OF BURN BAN |
| 1 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRIPPLE CREEK |
| 9 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 31 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruceville-Eddy in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Bruceville-Eddy | 2 hurt, $75,000 | This is a continuation of a tornado that formed near Eddy in Falls County. As the tornado traveled northward, it entered southeast McLennan County at 532 pm CDT, and subsequently impacted a single wide mobile home located along Bruceville Lane. This mobile home was rolled multiple times, destroying the structure and resulting in minor damage to an adjacent frame built home (DI 2, DOD 7). Two occupants were in the mobile home and sustained injuries. The tornado traveled farther north approximately half a mile before dissipating before it reached Bruceville and Interstate 35. The tornado was rated an EF-1 in McLennan County with maximum estimated winds of 105 mph. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruceville-Eddy | $50,000 | Broadcast media shared images of an RV flipped and trees damaged near Bruceville-Eddy, TX. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Bruceville-Eddy | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Bruceville-Eddy, TX. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruceville-Eddy | $2,000 | Broadcast media reported damage to a metal barn in Bruceville-Eddy. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruceville-Eddy | $1,000 | A public report indicated a small shed over-turned along with trees and fences damaged in the cities of Bruceville and Eddy, TX. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bruceville-Eddy | - | Emergency management reported 0.75 inch hail near Bruceville. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bruceville-Eddy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bruceville | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Moody | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lorena | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Valley | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Levi | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Rosenthal | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hewitt | 11.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1690857. 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.