El Bernardo, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brazoria-West Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77480. The Survey maps it on the Sweeny quadrangle.
On record in El Bernardo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Palapa Table for James Richard Marmionlisted 2004 · 0.4 miles away
Gazebo for James Richard Marmionlisted 2004 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Sweeny quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of El Bernardo between 2008 and 2020, burning about 89 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 347 |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GST. PAUL |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GST. PAUL |
| 28 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 244 |
| 31 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 244 |
| 17 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAN AMERICA |
| 10 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 244F |
| 24 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 586 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of El Bernardo: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pand W Materials Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Bernardo in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | El Bernardo | $15,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds damaged a barn near the intersection of County Road 521 and County Road 729. |
| May 2016 | Hail | El Bernardo | - | Quarter size hail was reported about two miles southeast of Sweeney. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | El Bernardo | - | Numerous roads were closed due to high water in and around Sweeny and West Columbia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeny | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Peach | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Four Corners | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Peach Village | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Brazoria | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Old Brazoria | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Abercrombie | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Old Ocean | 5.8 miles | 10 |
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 Q122571116 | 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 1379706. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




