Bragg, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Saratoga-Batson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77625. The Survey maps it on the Bragg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Bragg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Bragg between 1993 and 2018, burning about 4,762 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 33 were 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 877 |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9169 |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 651 |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 16 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 953 |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 958 |
| 29 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 110 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 516 acres | Big Thicket National Park | TFS 637 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bragg in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bragg | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged power lines near Thicket. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Bragg | - | Little Pine Island Bayou near Thicket overtopped its banks flooding nearby roadways. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bragg | - | The Hardin County Sheriffs Department reported numerous trees down county wide. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thicket | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lelavale | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Votaw | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Honey Island | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Dies | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Saratoga | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wildwood | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Village Mills | 10.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379454. 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.






