Bradley, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gray-Macon East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31032. The Survey maps it on the Gray quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
On record in Bradley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Cabaniss-Hanberry Houselisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gray quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
330 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 330 fires within 5 miles of Bradley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 717 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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 | 214 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019JONES001 |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 9.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019JONES005 |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019JONES004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradley in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Bradley | $15,000 | The Emergency Manager reported a portion of Wheeler Road was washed out due to high flow from Walnut Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $5,000 | The Jones County 911 center reported trees blown down from around the intersection of Wheeler Road and Whitehead Place to around the intersection of Highway 49 and Salem Church-Miller Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $3,000 | The Jones County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down from near Round Oak to near Haddock. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Bradley | - | Law Enforcement reported Greene Settlement Road closed due to flooding of Little Chehaw Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4.5 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bragg | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wayside | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Campbell (historical) | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gray | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Clinton | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Smalls Crossing (historical) | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Ridge | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Round Oak | 4.9 miles | 11 |
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 Bradley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622761 | 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 331225. 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.






