BlockBulcher, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Muenster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76252. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leon South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Leon South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Bulcher between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1,131 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 461 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR483 |
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANK STOFFELS SR |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 421 |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PUMP |
| 30 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARYSVILLE FIRE |
| 25 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 677 CAPPS CORNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bulcher in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009 | Flood | Bulcher | $2,000,000 | Widespread flooding continued through the night across the county with several roads and bridges under water and several areas inaccessible. High water rescues and evacuations continued in Gainesville and parts of Interstate 35 South were still closed due to water over the road. Rainfall totals were as high as 11 inches. Approximately 35 homes and 15 businesses were damaged by flooding in Gainesville. Homes and businesses along Pecan Creek in Gainesville suffered major damage. The water was 1-2 feet deep around the creek. A total of 10 swift water rescues were needed during the event. The Moss Lake area also received significant damage to boats, docks, and boathouses. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Bulcher | $20,000 | Interstate 35 at mile marker 493, about 3.5 miles south of Gainesville, was closed due to water over the road. Widespread flooding continued elsewhere in the county with several roads and bridges flooded. In Gainesville, Pecan Creek and Wheeler Creek overflowed their banks and flooded the surrounding areas resulting in evacuations and rescues along both creeks. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Bulcher | $15,000 | Emergency manager reported golf ball to tennis ball sized hail 10 miles N of Muenster near Bulcher. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulcher | $5,000 | Trees were blown down and sheet metal was ripped off the roof of a barn at 13324 CR 417, east of Bulcher in northern Cooke County. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Bulcher | $5,000 | Tropical Depression Bill brought heavy rain to Montague and Cooke counties. The heaviest rains fell in Montague County but runoff from the heavy rain in Montague County flooded creeks and streams into Cooke County causing the closing of several roads in the western and southwestern portions of the county. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bulcher | - | Emergency management reported wind gusts of 50 to 60 MPH approximately 10 miles northwest of the city of Muenster, TX. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Bulcher | - | Several roads across the western and southwestern portions of the county remained closed due to flooding from heavy rains from Tropical Depression Bill. The heaviest rains had fallen in Montague County but runoff into Cooke County resulted in swollen creeks and streams. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Bulcher | - | High water rescues and evacuations continued in Gainesville. Parts of Interstate 35 South remained closed due to water over the road. Widespread flooding continued around the county. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Bulcher | - | Widespread secondary roads and bridges were closed due to flooding in the northwestern parts of the county. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F3) | Bulcher | - | Tornado number three developed near Bulcher and merged into the damage track of tornado number two. This storm moved northeast across the Red River into Oklahoma. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Bulcher | - | Water was three feet deep over Farm-to-Market Road 3164. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Bulcher | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marysville | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Muenster | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sivells Bend | 11.4 miles | 13 | |
| Myra | 13.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lindsay | 15.8 miles | 13 | |
| Freemound | 16.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hood | 18.3 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Bend | 19.4 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 Bulcher | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4996100 | 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 1379474. 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.