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Stoneburg, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76230. The Survey maps it on the Stoneburg quadrangle.

Stoneburg within Montague County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

34 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Stoneburg between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,946 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOWIE FIRE 10/22
21 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST RC ROAD & BATES ROAD STONEBURG
21 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2018053
20 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOPEWELL FIRE
17 July 2006Arson/incendiarism300 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montague County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stoneburg in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 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 1994Thunderstorm WindStoneburg$50,000Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Flash FloodStoneburg$10,000Emergency Management reported knee-deep water inside a home 3 miles north of Bowie, TX near the intersection of Highway 81 and Applegate Road.
May 2020HailStoneburg$8,000Golf ball sized hail was reported on Bullard Road near Highway 287.
April 2025HailStoneburg-Half dollar sized hail was reported near the intersection of 1806 and Copeland Rd by an off-duty NWS employee.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindStoneburg-Emergency manager reported 60 mph winds and nickel size hail near Stoneburg.
April 2025FloodStoneburg-A public report indicated that US-81 north of Stoneburg remained closed due to flooding.
March 2018HailStoneburg-Quarter-sized hail was reported by the Stoneburg Volunteer Fire Department approximately 9 miles north-northwest of the city of Bowie, TX.
May 2015Flash FloodStoneburg-Montague County Sheriff's Department reported that a few of the roads across western portions of the county were closed by TXDOT due to high water.
June 2012HailStoneburg-Ping pong ball sized hail fell about 5 miles west-northwest of Bowie.
May 2010FloodStoneburg-Water was over roadways at several intersections in southern Montague County. This was all due to Old Bowie Lake running over the spill way and Briar and Brushy Creeks running over their banks as heavy rain fell over the region. Some of the intersections included West RC Road and Highway 81, Farm-to-Market Road 1125 and Turkey Creek Road, and Jordan Lane and Farm-to-Market Road 3043.
April 2009HailStoneburg-Hail that was 1.25 inches in diameter was reported 2 miles south of Stoneburg.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindStoneburg-no account filed
June 2005HailStoneburg-no account filed
April 2003HailStoneburg-no account filed
April 2003HailStoneburg-no account filed
August 1996HailStoneburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montague 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
Bowie8.3 miles10
Montague9.8 miles10
Belcherville9.9 miles8
McDonald10.0 miles10
Ringgold10.5 miles9
Salona11.9 miles10
Nocona12.4 miles10
Selma12.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369240. 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.