Brunswick, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75925. The Survey maps it on the Forest quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1946 USGS Alto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Forest quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Brunswick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,160 acres in total. 10 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 536 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STANLEY GRESHAM |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH FIRE |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BILL CROMER |
| 19 September 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brunswick: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padreco-Alto Sands | Silica | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brunswick in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Hail | Brunswick | - | Half dollar size hail fell south of Alto. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrill | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Hurst | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Alto | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Forest | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Weeping Mary | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cross Roads | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sweet Union | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Linwood | 6.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381527. 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.





