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Mambrino, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76048. The Survey maps it on the Nemo quadrangle. It stands 820 feet above sea level.

Mambrino within Hood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

107 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Mambrino between 2003 and 2020, burning about 870 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
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
9 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGAUNTT
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIDDEN COVE TRL.
26 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3900 RHEA CT.
14 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMITCHELL BEND FIRE
14 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRILEY RD 2 FIRE
10 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNERI
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANDY BEACH
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePHILLIPS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hood County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mambrino: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ingram Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hood County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mambrino in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 6 deaths and 54 injuries. 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 2013Tornado (EF4)Mambrino6 killed, 54 hurt, $143,000,000National Weather Service crews surveyed the damage from the Granbury tornado. The tornado first occurred on the west bank of Lake Granbury / Brazos River. The tornado crossed the lake heading east, towards Davis Road. On the east side of the lake, the tornado damaged several power lines and trees, before hitting the American Legion hall on Davis Road. ||The tornado then took much more of a northerly track through the Rancho Brazos subdivision. This subdivision was severely damaged, with 97 of the 110 homes suffering at least minor damage. Four homes suffered EF-4 damage, and ten others had EF-3 damage. The vast majority of the subdivision had evidence of EF-1 or EF-2 damage. Six individuals lost their lives in this subdivision as a direct result of the tornado. All six were in mobile homes at the time. ||Moving north from the Rancho Brazos subdivision, the tornado dissipated approximately one mile to the north-northeast of the area that suffered the most damage.
May 2021HailMambrino$30,000no account filed
April 2015Thunderstorm WindMambrino$6,000A 2 foot diameter tree was uprooted approximately 6 miles southeast of Granbury.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMambrino$5,000A resident in Granbury reported trees down and the metal roof torn off a shed.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindMambrino$3,000Poles and power lines were down on Highway 144, 3 miles south of Granbury.
June 2009HailMambrino$3,000Golfball size hail fell 4 miles south of Granbury.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindMambrino$2,000A life-size model of a stegasaurus was rolled several yards at Dinosaur Trails Cabins and Cottages. Damage to a large metal awning was also reported on Highway 377 East near Granbury.
May 2024HailMambrino-Public report via MPing application of ping pong ball sized hail.
July 2021FloodMambrino-Pictures on social media showed standing water on residential yards and driveways.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindMambrino-A private weather station approximately 7 miles southeast of the city of Granbury, TX measured a wind gust of 65 MPH.
May 2010HailMambrino-Dime sized hail was reported on FM 2425, approximately 5 miles south of Granbury.
April 2024HailMambrino-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hood 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
Neri1.7 miles18
Pecan Plantation3.4 miles19
Brushy4.4 miles19
DeCordova4.7 miles21
Fall Creek5.2 miles21
El Tesoro5.3 miles21
Granbury5.4 miles19
Acton5.8 miles21

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 Q122599084The 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 1378638. 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.