Bradley, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Escambia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36483. It stands on Fish Trap Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bradley quadrangle.

Bradley within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Bradley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Bradley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,489 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 31 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	40
Arson/incendiarism	31
Debris and open burning	18
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Natural	17
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Recreation and ceremony	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Smoking	2

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
7 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2018	Power generation/transmission/distribution	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	CHARLES BOOKER ROAD (46)
13 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	STATE LINE (46)
8 August 2018	Natural	19 acres	National Forests in Alabama	FISH TRAP
30 August 2000	Natural	3.0 acres	National Forests in Alabama	DOUGLAS
23 August 2000	Natural	175 acres	National Forests in Alabama	PARKER SPRINGS
16 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20140816-001
11 August 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bradley: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Mallory Jeffers - Jeffers Mine	Clay	Unknown

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradley in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
March 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Bradley	$15,000	A brief tornado touch down occurred along Bradley Road just east of the intersection with Elm Drive. A brick home suffered significant roof damage and a large shed was destroyed. Two other sheds were damaged.
March 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Bradley	$10,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts produced damage to one residence and outbuildings. Numerous trees and power lines were also downed.
May 1999	Hail	Bradley	-	Nickel size hail was reported near Bradley.

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rock Creek	4.2 miles	7
Parker Springs	4.7 miles	7
Dixie	7.7 miles	9
Marietta	7.9 miles	7
Roberts	9.3 miles	7
Boykin	11.1 miles	7
Damascus	11.9 miles	7
Rock Hill	15.6 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159243. 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.