Burkett, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Coleman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76828. It stands on Deadman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Burkett quadrangle. It stands 1,558 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1924 USGS Brownwood Reservoir Site quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Grosvenor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Burkett quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Burkett between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,144 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY RD 149 FIRE |
| 1 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 122 MUTUAL AID |
| 31 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2009 | Natural | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURKETT |
| 23 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2006 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burkett in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 16 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Burkett | $60,000 | A tornado touched down on Farm-to-Market Road 586 near Burkett, destroying a barn, downing power lines, and damaging three homes. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Burkett | $50,000 | A tornado at Burkett blew down a 240-kilovolt power line pole. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkett | $5,000 | Power line poles were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkett | - | Strong thunderstorm winds split a tree. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Burkett | - | Public reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Burkett | - | The fire department reported water running over the road at State Highway 206 and County Road 182. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Burkett | - | The fire department reported baseball size hail, 3 miles north of Burkett. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Burkett | - | DPS Abilene reported a tornado just north of Burkett. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Burkett | - | A trained spotter reported hail covering the ground on Highway 206. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkett | - | A trained spotter reported numerous large pecan tree limbs down. |
| September 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Burkett | - | Storm chasers reported a tornado northwest of Burkett in northern Coleman County, causing several telephone lines to be cut. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Burkett | - | Tennis ball size hail moved across Northeast Coleman County. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkett | - | Flooding was reported in Burkett. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Burkett | - | Flooding was reported in Burkett. |
| April 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Burkett | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Burkett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webbville | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Echo | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Buffalo | 14.2 miles | 15 | |
| Coleman | 15.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hamrick | 16.5 miles | 13 | |
| San Angelo Junction | 16.9 miles | 13 | |
| Silver Valley | 17.2 miles | 12 | |
| Santa Anna | 18.2 miles | 13 |
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 Burkett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4998978 | 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 1331677. 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.






