Brad, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Strawn-Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76475. It stands on Brad Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brad quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1890 USGS Breckenridge quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1924 USGS Breckenridge 1-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Ivan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Brad quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineral Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Brad between 2003 and 2020, burning about 8,809 acres in total. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HELL'S BALES |
| 8 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GUEST RANCH 3 |
| 7 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GUEST RANCH 2 |
| 30 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6,555 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 101 RANCH FIRE |
| 3 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GUEST #1 |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 617 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHARPEYE |
| 21 August 2006 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2012 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 101 RANCH #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brad in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2015: 5 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Hail | Brad | $5,000 | Golfball-size hail was reported on Highway 16. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Brad | - | Amateur radio operators observed a tornado near the community of Brad. The tornado was brief, only producing damage for approximately two minutes over ranch land. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Brad | - | Amateur radio operators observed a tornado to the west of the city of Mineral Wells, or just north of Brad. This was the first of two tornadoes in the Mineral Wells vicinity on the 19th. This tornado produced tree damage over open land. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Brad | - | A spotter reported penny size hail in Brad. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Brad | - | Spotters reported a brief tornado south of Possum Kingdom Lake. No damage was reported. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Brad | - | Large tree limbs and a power line was blown down. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Brad | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brad | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brad | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalf Gap | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Palo Pinto | 11.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Camp | 13.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lyra | 13.7 miles | 16 | |
| Strawn | 13.8 miles | 16 | |
| Coalville | 15.3 miles | 16 | |
| Mingus | 15.4 miles | 16 | |
| Gordon | 15.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378043. 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.






