Bruceville, Texas
15 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 76630. It stands on Lusk Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bruceville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Bruceville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Bruceville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 766 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
| 9 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 31 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 237 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOX RANCH |
| 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 |
| 25 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruceville in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2003: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruceville | $15,000 | Travel trailer being towed on Interstate 35 blown over and a mobile home was unroofed. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruceville | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down in the Bruceville/Eddy area by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruceville | $2,000 | Utility pole blown down by high winds. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Bruceville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bruceville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Bruceville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Bruceville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Bruceville | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Bruceville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruceville-Eddy | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Eddy | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lorena | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Valley | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Moody | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Levi | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rosenthal | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hewitt | 10.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1388210. 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.




