Buna, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Buna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77612. It stands on Nance Branch. The Survey maps it on the Buna quadrangle. 2,137 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBuna fell from 2,269 to 2,137 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,269 | |
| 2010 | 2,142 | -127 (-6%) |
| 2020 | 2,137 | -5 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bessmay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Buna quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
262 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Buna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,431 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 62 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 burning | 157 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 203 |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 204 |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 27963 HWY 96 |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 316 |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 659 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 232 CR 639 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buna in 47 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 7 tornado, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Buna | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Buna | $500,000 | One home was flooded in the Buna area, but significant street and bridge damage occurred across portions of Jasper County as a result of nearly ten inches of rain in less than six hours. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Buna | $100,000 | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Buna | $75,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Buna | $25,000 | Tornado started along FM 253 causing roof damage to one home. The tornado then moved through a remote area causing tree damage for several miles to the northeast before ending near HWY 87 in Newton County. The maximum estimated winds were 104 MPH. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $20,000 | Photographs of multiple trees and some damage to a few houses, a couple of sheds, and a couple of fences were submitted to the Jasper County Emergency Management Facebook site and passed along to the NWS. The Jasper County 911 center also reported power lines downed around Buna due to trees falling on them. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $20,000 | A porch roof was blown off a mobile home and a pine tree was down on a power line. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Buna | $10,000 | Along Callier Loop, an EF-0 tornado briefly touched down and blew the roof off a barn and downed trees. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Buna | $10,000 | Highway 96 and 62 near Buna were flooded. Highway 82 near Kirbyville was flooded. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Buna | $5,000 | Four to 7 inches of rain fell on portions of Jasper county with Buna Elementary receiving 6.37 inches. Some streets were reported flooded including north and south bound US 96. A gas station in Buna was also flooded. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Buna | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $4,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down around Buna. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $3,000 | A power pole was snapped in Downtown Buna. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $3,000 | Photos of trees and large branches down on a car near Buna was received through social media. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $2,000 | Trees downed by a passing storm north of Buna. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Buna | $2,000 | A weak tornado briefly touched down south of Buna along county road 784 producing minor tree damage. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $2,000 | Jasper county sheriffs office reports a few trees down along highway 60 south of Buna. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $2,000 | Jasper County Sheriff Office reported trees blown down in Buna. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $1,000 | Siding was blown off to the Cougar Stop convivence store in Buna. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | $1,000 | Public reported via Facebook that a tree was blown down in Buna. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Buna | - | A gage reported Pin Oak Creek was out of its banks near Kirbyville. Multiple roads near Buna also had minor flooding. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | - | A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 76 mph. |
| January 2016 | Hail | Buna | - | A picture received through Facebook indicated ping pong ball size hail near Buna. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Buna | - | The heavy rain and flash flood event from the 17th lingered into the early morning of the 18th. Flood waters remained across southern sections of Jasper County through the morning of the 18th with many roadways remaining closed as the water slowly drained. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Buna | - | Penny sized hail was reported by the Buna Sawmill. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | - | The Buna Sawmill reported and estimated wind gust of 60 MPH with a passing storm. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Buna | - | Public reported marble to quarter size hail fell for 5 to 10 minutes in Buna. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Buna | - | An NWS Employee reported nickel size hail in Buna. |
| October 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Buna | - | Trained spotters observed a tornado pass over Highway 96, blowing a few trees down. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | - | Several large trees were blown down across roads in Buna. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Buna | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Buna | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Buna | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Buna | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Buna | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna | - | 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.
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 Buna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982313 | 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 1353302. 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.




