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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.

Bray within Stephens County

Population over time

2 figures

Bray 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,209
2020952-257 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2000

Regional 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/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism55 acresChickasaw AgencyNEASE
9 February 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresChickasaw AgencyFLAMING PIGEON

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Storms near this place

31 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBray$20,000A wall was blown out on a well built building. Several small trees were also broken.
May 2013HailBray$15,000Several storm spotters and chasers had vehicle damage.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBray$1,000no account filed
June 2023HailBray-Time is radar estimated.
November 2021HailBray-Time based off of radar.
November 2021Tornado (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 2020FloodBray-Three to four inches of quickly moving water across about 1/8 mile of the roadway.
June 2016Flash FloodBray-State highway 29 was closed due to high water.
April 2014HailBray-Reported 11 miles east of Highway 81.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBray-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
May 2010Tornado (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 2000Flash FloodBray-Highway 29 was covered with water.
March 2025HailBray-no account filed
May 2018HailBray-no account filed
May 2016HailBray-no account filed
May 2013HailBray-no account filed
May 2013HailBray-no account filed
April 2011HailBray-no account filed
April 2011HailBray-no account filed
April 2011HailBray-no account filed
March 2009HailBray-no account filed
April 2008HailBray-no account filed
April 2008HailBray-no account filed
April 2008HailBray-no account filed
April 2007HailBray-no account filed
April 2007HailBray-no account filed
March 2006HailBray-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBray-no account filed
June 2004HailBray-no account filed
May 2002HailBray-no account filed
April 1998HailBray-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stephens 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hope4.9 miles16
Marlow8.0 miles16
Duncan11.9 miles16
Oklahoma Hills12.3 miles15
Dixie Park12.5 miles15
Harrisburg14.1 miles15
Velma14.4 miles14
Central High14.5 miles12

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 BrayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2194777The 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.