Buncome, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Long Branch-Dotson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75633. It stands on Jones Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Murvaul quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lake Murvaul quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Buncome between 1992 and 2020, burning about 646 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 528 |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 231 |
| 28 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 168 |
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6338 |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buncome in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buncome | - | A wind gust of 62 mph was recorded the Texas Water Development Board Mesonet site at Lake Murvaul. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buncome | - | Tree reported down on County Road 175. |
| October 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Buncome | - | An EF0 tornado skipped along a path which started along FM 1970 where a couple of trees were uprooted. Numerous trees were snapped near the end of the track along CR 116. The tornado track was approximately 4 miles long and 100 yards wide. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buncome | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Gary | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Clayton | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Dotson | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Shady Grove | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Delray | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Long Branch | 7.8 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122559146 | 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 1379475. 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.




