Bruni, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Laredo South-El Cenizo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78344. The Survey maps it on the Bruni quadrangle. 251 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 778 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBruni fell from 379 to 251 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 | 379 | |
| 2020 | 251 | -128 (-34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Bruni quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Bruni quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bruni between 2008 and 2016, burning about 101 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORBES |
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bruni: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benavides Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Bruni Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Bruni Plant | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Longoria Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Mobil Oil Company U Leach Plant | Uranium | Producer | ||
| O'Hern Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Uranium Resources | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruni in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Bruni | $500,000 | Thunderstorms formed just before 0100 CST just to the west of Laredo in Mexico and began moving toward the northeast. At 0135 CST the sheriff's department in Laredo reported golf ball-sized hail that was accumulating up to six inches deep in places on Highway 83 South. Power was reported out in the downtown area and the southern parts of the city. Some of the low areas in Laredo were briefly flooded by the accompanying heavy rain. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bruni | - | Public photo of 2 inch hail submitted. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Bruni | - | Low lying areas within the community of Bruni were flooded due to 5 inches of rainfall. Water was flowing down the streets. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Bruni | - | A NWS Storm survey concluded a tornado, in the outer rainbands of Hurricane Emily, formed approximately 2 miles east of Bruni, about 1/2 mile north of Highway 359. The tornado moved southwest for about 1/2 to 1 mile, crossing Highway 359, then dissipated. Damage was mostly limited to broken mesquite trees and damage to fences. There was also some corrugated roofing sheet metal that was lifted from a pile and strewn about. A truck camper shell was also lifted from the ground and deposited 500 yards away, along the line of travel. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Bruni | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bruni | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodriguez Addition Colonia | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Oilton | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Los Ojuelos | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mirando City Addition Colonia | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mirando City | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ranchitos los Veteranos Colonia | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Aguilares | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Aguilares Acres Colonia | 13.4 miles | 8 |
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 Bruni | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974518 | 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 1331398. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.



