Brazos, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Palo Pinto-Santo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76472. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brazos East quadrangle. 112 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1918 USGS Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Santo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lipan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Brazos East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mineral Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
207 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Brazos between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,869 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 | 94 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MURRIN |
| 9 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 129 FIRE |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1307 FM 129 |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TILLMAN FIRE 16-195 |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOBBS VALLEY FIRE #1 |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brazos in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | $25,000 | A social media report indicated that an 18 wheeler was rolled over at a truck stop, and that a nearby fireworks stand was blown over. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | $10,000 | A barn was blown down 2 miles west of Brazos on FM 129. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Brazos | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Brazos | $8,000 | Palo Pinto Sheriff's deputies reported flooding along and near U.S. 281 near Mineral Wells. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | $5,000 | Windows were broken by high winds. Trees were blown onto a house, and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | $2,000 | Cooperative Observer reported numerous large tree limbs down. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | $1,000 | A public report indicated tree and small shed damage, along with accumulating hail. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Brazos | $1,000 | Golfball sized hail fell at the intersection of Highway 281 and Interstate 20 south of Mineral Wells. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | $1,000 | A large tree that was 8-9 in diameter was blown down on HWY 281 approximately 8 miles south of Mineral Wells. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Brazos | $1,000 | Ponding of water on Interstate 20 and its service roads between FM 113 and HWY 281 was reported. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | $500 | Trees were reported down across Highway 281 north of Interstate 20. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Brazos | - | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| April 2023 | Hail | Brazos | - | A social media report indicated ping pong ball sized hail on Highway 281 just north of Interstate 20. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | - | A public report indicated several 50 feet tall oak trees broken or uprooted near the city of Santo, TX. |
| November 2008 | Flash Flood | Brazos | - | A low water crossing was flooded near the intersection of I-20 and Highway 281. |
| November 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | - | Large limbs were blown down. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Brazos | - | Flooding was reported between the towns of Brazos and Santo. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brazos | - | Large tree limbs blown down by high winds. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Brazos | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Hail | Brazos | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Brazos | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Salem | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Santo | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Sturdivant | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Camp | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mineral Wells | 10.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wolters Village | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Palo Pinto | 11.9 miles | 18 | |
| Coalville | 12.6 miles | 16 |
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 Brazos | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4959008 | 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 1331213. 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.







