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Brazos Bend, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76048. It stands on Eden Branch. The Survey maps it on the Granbury quadrangle.

Brazos Bend within Hood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

159 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Brazos Bend between 2005 and 2020, burning about 607 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Debris and open burning41
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE GRASS
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUTTERCUP CT.
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE GRASS
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIDDEN COVE TRL.
26 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3900 RHEA CT.
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHISPERING OAKS
25 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE SMALL
23 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMALL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hood County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brazos Bend: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ingram Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hood 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
Waples2.3 miles21
Granbury2.9 miles19
Fairview3.3 miles20
Thorp Spring3.4 miles19
Oak Trail Shores3.9 miles19
Acton4.4 miles21
DeCordova4.9 miles21
Center Mill5.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2083667. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.