Bradley, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Alex census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73011. It stands on Slough Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bradley quadrangle. 78 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBradley fell from 130 to 78 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 130 | |
| 2020 | 78 | -52 (-40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Bradley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bradley between 2005 and 2009, burning about 6,816 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,766 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | LINDSAY |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Chickasaw Agency | AGNES CARNEY |
| 19 April 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | CARNEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bradley: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradley in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Bradley | $2,000 | The tornado that started in McClain County moved north-northwest and began straddling the McClain-Grady County line. The tornado never fully moved into Grady County, but the centerline of the tornado briefly moved north-northwest into Grady County before turning north-northeast back into McClain County. Trees were damaged along the county line. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | $50 | Several tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | Reported at Highway 19 west side of Bradley, trees are down on the road, from twitter picture. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF3) | Bradley | - | This tornado is labeled D1 (Segment #1 of the Washington-Goldsby tornado). This tornado developed west of Bradley, downing tree limbs as it moved northeast. The tornado began to increase in intensity, producing EF-3 damage, as it approached McClain county. Although the damage was confined to trees, the severity of the damage became more intense. Trees were snapped at the bases, or debarked altogether. The tornado was several hundred yards wide as it neared the county line. Luckily, very few structures were in the path. This tornado continued into McClain County. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Bradley | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradley | - | 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.
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 Q2413188 | 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 1090447. 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.




