Smiths Bend, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76634. The Survey maps it on the Smiths Bend quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1920 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Whitney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Smiths Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Smiths Bend between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,093 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BCSO |
| 8 September 2011 | Natural | 580 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAM FIRE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 444 CR 2101 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COON CREEK |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 364 HCR 2200 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL GHOLSON |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MURPHY FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 958 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDAR RIDGE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smiths Bend in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Smiths Bend | - | Facebook photo showed ping pong ball size hail on PR 3666 near China Spring. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Smiths Bend | - | Emergency management reported 2 inch diameter hail in the Smith's Bend area of Bosque 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Park | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Greenock | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lakewood Harbor | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Cayote | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Womack | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Shores | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rock Springs | 11.6 miles | 16 | |
| Valley Mills | 14.8 miles | 16 |
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 Smiths Bend | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104862863 | 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 1368511. 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.






