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Bullard, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bullard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75757. The Survey maps it on the Bullard quadrangle.

Bullard within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Bullard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,499 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 were 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 burning141
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLPVFD - 1197 CR 3605
26 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 349 CROCETTE (SBE) (140)
25 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service13-315
24 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-312
22 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 287
20 September 2005Debris and open burning12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 275
20 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 280
2 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 134

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bullard: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bullard DomeHalite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence1927
Mount SelmanIronProducer

Every working recorded in Smith County

Storms near this place

28 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bullard in 28 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009Thunderstorm WindBullard$100,000A large oak tree was downed on a home in the Bullard, Texas community. The tree did moderate damage to the roof and the kitchen. Another tree was downed on a home in the 400 block of West Tyler Street in Bullard, Texas. A third tree was blown over onto a privacy fence in the 400 block of Willow Street.
February 2008HailBullard$50,000Damage was widespread in Bullard.
March 2004Tornado (F1)Bullard$30,000The tornado tracked from 5 miles west of Bullard to 2 miles northeast of Whitehouse. Damage consisted primarily of tree damage, occasional roof damage to a few homes, and isolated outbuildings damaged.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Bullard$25,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 93 mph touched down in a rural area west of Bullard in an open field just east of County Road 173 and gradually grew in size and strength as it continued just south of due east into the north side of Bullard. The tornado was at its most intense near North Houston Street and west of US Highway 69 where several hardwood trees exhibited snapped trunks and uprooted trees were quite concentrated, especially on the west side of a neighborhood just north of Lynch Drive. In this neighborhood, there were also quite a few residences with low end roof damage, mainly in the form of shingle loss. In this general area, there were also some|residences damaged by falling trees and tree limbs, but this was also the case east of Highway 69 in a residential area just north of East Henderson Street and in the rather large Pecan Valley subdivision south of East Henderson Street. The tornadic circulation appeared to have gone across the entirety of the latter subdivision. Many trees were uprooted in various directions in this subdivision, but the well-built residences in|this area generally did not sustain direct damage from the tornado because the winds were only judged at EF-0 intensity. Throughout the length of the tornado, downed hardwood and softwood trees were primarily uprooted and the somewhat saturated|state of the soils likely yielded more uproots than would otherwise have been the case if the soils were not as moist and the survey team took this into account in their rating|assessment. East of this neighborhood, the tornado continued across County Road 121 before the NWS survey team judged the tornado lifted near the intersection of County Road 118 and County Road 117. ||There were several individuals in the path of this tornado that were interviewed by the survey team and who reported seeing the tornado on approach. The tornado itself was part of an organized thunderstorm squall line that was producing damaging wind gusts |and doing at least isolated tree damage through the southern portion of Smith County Texas. The survey team estimated the tornado path away from other general tree damage due to tree damage oriented in different directions and at least occasionally |exhibiting convergent damage signatures.
March 2026HailBullard-Quarter size hail reported in Bullard.
April 2026HailBullard-Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball size reported in Bullard. Quarter size hail was also reported east of U.S. Highway 69 along FM Road 344.
March 2024HailBullard-Quarter size hail reported at Highway 344 and County Road 121 near Bullard.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBullard-Trees and power lines downed in Bullard.
June 2023HailBullard-Golf ball size hail reported near Bullard via social media.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBullard-Several trees snapped in Bullard.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBullard-Damaging winds snapped fence posts in Bullard.
December 2018HailBullard-Quarter size hail fell in Bullard.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBullard-Trees and powerlines were downed near Bullard, Texas off FM 2137 and FM 344.
April 2016Flash FloodBullard-County Road 121 just east of Bullard was washed out.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBullard-Trees were downed in Bullard, Texas near Emerald Bay Drive.
April 2015HailBullard-Golf ball sized hail reported in Bullard, Texas.
February 2012HailBullard-Hail was reported just east of Bullard, Texas.
March 2012Flash FloodBullard-Sheriff reported high water over FM. 344 at Hwy. 69.
February 2008HailBullard-Hail fell on Hwy 344 west, 2 miles east of Hwy 155.
October 2008Funnel CloudBullard-A funnel cloud was reported near Bullard, Texas near Hwy. 69 and FM 2493.
August 2008Flash FloodBullard-U. S. Highway 69 was flooded just north of town.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBullard-Several trees and power lines were downed.
July 2007FloodBullard-Lake Palestine rose to a stage of 349.1 feet which was just a few inches short of its all time record crest. With the lake at this stage...the lake had to be closed to boating traffic due to the threat of boat wake damaging local camp homes along the lake.
April 2005HailBullard-Hail fell in the community of Teaselville.
May 2001HailBullard-Near Teaselville.
August 2003HailBullard-no account filed
May 2003HailBullard-no account filed
October 1997HailBullard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Smith County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
New Hope2.2 miles14
Walnut Grove4.3 miles14
Teaselville4.5 miles16
Flint4.7 miles14
Antioch5.4 miles14
Lee Spring5.7 miles14
Gresham6.4 miles14
Dogwood City7.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1331622. 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.