Bray, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Marlow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73055. The Survey maps it on the Bray quadrangle. 952 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBray fell from 1,209 to 952 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 | 1,209 | |
| 2020 | 952 | -257 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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
- 1950 USGS Marlow quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Marlow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Marlow NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Bray quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bray between 2000 and 2008, burning about 67 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 acres | Chickasaw Agency | NEASE |
| 9 February 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Chickasaw Agency | FLAMING PIGEON |
Storms near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bray in 31 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 22 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bray | $20,000 | A wall was blown out on a well built building. Several small trees were also broken. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bray | $15,000 | Several storm spotters and chasers had vehicle damage. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bray | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bray | - | Time is radar estimated. |
| November 2021 | Hail | Bray | - | Time based off of radar. |
| November 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Bray | - | Storm chasers, including off-duty employees from the NWS Weather Decision Training Division, observed a tornado in northeastern Stephens County. The tornado moved through rural areas and no damage was reported to the NWS or local agencies, and the tornado path is estimated. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Bray | - | Three to four inches of quickly moving water across about 1/8 mile of the roadway. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Bray | - | State highway 29 was closed due to high water. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Bray | - | Reported 11 miles east of Highway 81. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bray | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Bray | - | The anticyclonic tornado moved from northeast Stephens County into southeast Grady County. Damage was reported to fences, trees, and around 20 power poles, and several structures were damaged. Minor damage to mobile homes was also reported. Monetary damages were estimated. This tornado is labeled #G1. |
| October 2000 | Flash Flood | Bray | - | Highway 29 was covered with water. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bray | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Bray | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Bray | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Marlow | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Duncan | 11.9 miles | 16 | |
| Oklahoma Hills | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dixie Park | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Harrisburg | 14.1 miles | 15 | |
| Velma | 14.4 miles | 14 | |
| Central High | 14.5 miles | 12 |
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 Bray | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2194777 | 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 1090460. 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.







