Brundage, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Big Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78834. The Survey maps it on the Brundage quadrangle. 12 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 535 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrundage fell from 27 to 12 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 12 | -15 (-56%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1939 USGS Big Wells quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Brundage quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Brundage between 2006 and 2017, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TORTUGA RANCH |
| 3 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 December 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brundage in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Lightning | Brundage | $250,000 | Lightning started a fire at a oilfield tank battery near the intersection of Hwy 85 and FM 190 near Brundage. One of the damaged tanks released hydrogen sulfide. Hwy 85, FM 190, FM 1556, FM 65, and FM 1407 were closed and residents in the area were asked to shelter in place. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Brundage | - | There were also reports of trees down near Brundage. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Brundage | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Wells | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Espantosa Colonia | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Las Vegas | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Carrizo Hill | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Carrizo Hills Colonia | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Asherton | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Winter Haven | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Valley Wells | 10.6 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 Brundage | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981370 | 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 1353013. 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.






