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Burns City, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gainesville Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76272. The Survey maps it on the Woodbine quadrangle.

Burns City within Cooke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

182 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Burns City between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,035 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning94
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 922
7 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVALLEY VIEW ASSIST
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2013Debris and open burning70 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVALLEY VIEW ASSIST
22 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKE KIOWA MUTUAL AID
13 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVALLEY VIEW ASSIST
10 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVALLEY VIEW ASSIST
8 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVALLEY VIEW ASSIST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cooke County

Storms near this place

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burns City in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Burns City$18,000A rain-wrapped, EF-0 tornado damaged one home and several trees on the west and north sides of Lake Kiowa. Trees were partially uprooted and one home had a portion of its roof removed. At least 20 other homes sustained minor roof and shingle damage. Maximum estimated winds were 75 to 85 MPH with this tornado. Damaging straight-line winds damaged other trees around the lake.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBurns City$15,000Severe thunderstorm winds damaged a metal barn at a residence on FM 3496 near Lake Kiowa, knocked down several trees on the property, and snapped an 80-foot tall cedar tree. A well house was also destroyed and a power line was knocked down.
October 2025Flash FloodBurns City$5,000FM 902 near Lake Kiowa was closed due to flooding, as well as CR 174, 147, and 172 east of Gainesville.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBurns City$5,000Large tree branches up to 6 in diameter were knocked down around Lake Kiowa. At least one large branch dented a car.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBurns City$5,000An estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported near Lake Kiowa.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBurns City$2,000Numerous trees were knocked down around Lake Kiowa. Fences were also knocked down.
March 2026HailBurns City-Emergency manager reported quarter size hail near Lake Kiowa.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBurns City-A trained spotter estimated 55 to 60 mph wind gusts 2 miles west-northwest of Tioga.
May 2024HailBurns City-Amateur radio report of quarter-sized hail 1 mile east of Lake Kiowa.
May 2022HailBurns City-Quarter to half dollar sized hail was reported 5 miles west of Collinsville.
November 2011HailBurns City-Hail stones slightly larger than 1 in diameter were reported west of Collinsville in Cooke County.
May 2009HailBurns City-Quarter size hail fell near Lake Kiowa.
May 2009HailBurns City-Penny size hail fell near Lake Kiowa.

Every storm recorded in Cooke 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
Mountain Springs2.2 miles9
Road Runner3.1 miles9
Lake Kiowa4.6 miles13
Bloomfield4.8 miles9
Shady Grove5.1 miles12
Hemming6.2 miles9
Woodbine6.9 miles13
Valley View7.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379483. 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.