Bunyan, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dublin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76446. The Survey maps it on the Bunyan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Bunyan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
183 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Bunyan between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,976 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 242 |
| 6 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHLAND AVE GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 374 GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 373 BRUSH FIRE |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bunyan in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunyan | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and took the roof from a mobile home. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Bunyan | - | Law enforcement reported widespread instances of low-lying roads being flooded in and around Dublin and much of Erath County. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Bunyan | - | Quarter sized hail was reported on FM 219 between Lingleville and Dublin; about 5 miles north of Dublin. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lingleville | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dublin | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Harbin | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cottonwood | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Victor | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stephenville | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shiloh | 11.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378072. 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.





