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Bunger, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Graham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76450. The Survey maps it on the Graham quadrangle.

Bunger within Young County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

149 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Bunger between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,930 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Debris and open burning41
Equipment and vehicle use34
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 67 AND BARTON
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePETTUS RD
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHESSNUT
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2020162
3 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2020158
24 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARRIOTT
15 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTEVENS CONTROL BURN
15 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Young County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bunger in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 2020Tornado (EF0)Bunger1 hurt, $3,000The same thunderstorm that produced the tornado near South Bend produced another tornado to the east, just south of Pettus Ln and Old Hwy 16. This storm moved north, mainly causing tree damage. There was one home in the path which sustained minor roof damage. The tornado dissipated shortly after damaging the house. Maximum winds with this tornado were near 80 mph with a maximum width of 120 yards.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindBunger$1,000Thunderstorm winds associated with a tornadic supercell caused damage at the Wildcatter Ranch south of Graham. Part of a metal roof was peeled back on a shed and several trees were damaged, uprooted or snapped.
April 2026HailBunger-Video shared on social media indicated hail up to quarter size at Highway 16 and FM 1191 midway between Graham and Graford.
April 2000Tornado (F0)Bunger-A brief touchdown was reported by chasers.
April 2002HailBunger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Young 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
Old Caseyville Crossing1.1 miles11
South Bend4.0 miles11
Graham6.4 miles11
Twin Mountains6.6 miles11
Eliasville9.8 miles13
Belknap (historical)12.3 miles10
Newcastle14.6 miles10
Red Top14.7 miles10

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 Q122541898The 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 1378071. 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.