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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1905 USGS Montague quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stoneburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOWIE FIRE 10/22 |
| 21 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAST RC ROAD & BATES ROAD STONEBURG |
| 21 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2018053 |
| 20 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPEWELL FIRE |
| 17 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoneburg | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Stoneburg | $10,000 | Emergency Management reported knee-deep water inside a home 3 miles north of Bowie, TX near the intersection of Highway 81 and Applegate Road. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Stoneburg | $8,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported on Bullard Road near Highway 287. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Stoneburg | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported near the intersection of 1806 and Copeland Rd by an off-duty NWS employee. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoneburg | - | Emergency manager reported 60 mph winds and nickel size hail near Stoneburg. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Stoneburg | - | A public report indicated that US-81 north of Stoneburg remained closed due to flooding. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Stoneburg | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported by the Stoneburg Volunteer Fire Department approximately 9 miles north-northwest of the city of Bowie, TX. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Stoneburg | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Stoneburg | - | Ping pong ball sized hail fell about 5 miles west-northwest of Bowie. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Stoneburg | - | 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 2009 | Hail | Stoneburg | - | Hail that was 1.25 inches in diameter was reported 2 miles south of Stoneburg. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stoneburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Stoneburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Stoneburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Stoneburg | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Stoneburg | - | 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.
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.





