Bradshaw, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jim Ned census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79567. The Survey maps it on the Bradshaw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Bradshaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Bradshaw between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,001 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - 8000 BLK OF HWY 83 |
| 22 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - CR 176 |
| 2 September 2017 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VIRGIL GRAHAM'S BARN |
| 19 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADSHAW FIRE |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - FM 604 |
| 8 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 620 |
| 5 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRAIN'S HAYFIELD |
| 14 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - 8173 US 83 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradshaw in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradshaw | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Bradshaw | $10,000 | A brief tornado touchdown in the community of Bradshaw. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradshaw | $5,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradshaw | - | Law enforcement reported a power pole was blown over. The time was estimated by radar. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Bradshaw | - | A trained spotter reported tennis ball size hail 1.5 miles north of Bradshaw. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Bradshaw | - | There was major hail damage to the roof and windows of a residence. Also, severe hail damage to motor vehicles including windshield and windows busted out, and external mirrors busted out with broken mirror housings. The time was estimated by radar. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bradshaw | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bradshaw | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradshaw | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Bradshaw | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Bradshaw | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Bradshaw | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guion | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ovalo | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lawn | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tuscola | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Happy Valley | 11.4 miles | 13 | |
| Shep | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rogers | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| Buffalo Gap | 13.0 miles | 15 |
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 Bradshaw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22073180 | 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 1378044. 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.





