Gouldbusk, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Talpa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76845. The Survey maps it on the Gouldbusk quadrangle. It stands 1,512 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Gouldbusk quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Gouldbusk between 2006 and 2018, burning about 865 acres in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHIELDS |
| 4 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 304 WILDFIRE |
| 20 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | K. POPE SWATHER WILDFIRE |
| 16 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BERRIE FIRE |
| 16 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2009 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROWN & JOHNSON |
| 7 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BILL AINSWORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gouldbusk in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2014: 6 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouldbusk | $10,000 | Wind gust of 64 mph damaged sailboats at the O.H. Ivie Reservoir |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouldbusk | - | The strong thunderstorm winds blew down four inch diameter tree limbs. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Gouldbusk | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in extreme southern Coleman County. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Gouldbusk | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Gouldbusk | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Gouldbusk | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouldbusk | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Gouldbusk | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Gouldbusk | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouldbusk | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozelle | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shields | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hays Crossing | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Voss | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rockwood | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Chaffin Crossing | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Fisk | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Whon | 10.1 miles | 15 |
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 Gouldbusk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5588298 | 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 1358215. 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.




