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Brookesmith, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brownwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76827. It stands on West Fork Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookesmith quadrangle. It stands 1,348 feet above sea level.

Brookesmith within Brown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

47 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Brookesmith between 2006 and 2020, burning about 768 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning10
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
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/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM586 & FM1186
25 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 214
20 September 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHUMATE LANE
18 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE
10 September 2015Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 221 CR 222
1 September 2020Natural25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE
20 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use75 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11501 FM586
13 August 2019Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE CR 234

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookesmith in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Flash FloodBrookesmith$50,000Seven inches of rain fell at Brookesmith in southern Brown County.
May 2007Tornado (EF1)Brookesmith$10,000A survey team found a tornado track that started just to the northeast of Brookesmith, crossing highway 377 where tree damage was observed. The tornado just missed a residence just to the east of highway 377. The tornado continued for about another 4 miles to the east of 377 causing significant tree damage. This tornado was associated with the same mesocyclone associated with the tornado near Rockwood. In addition, strong winds of 65 to 75 mph also followed this tornado. This tornado is likely associated with the funnel cloud that was observed from the City of Brownwood.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBrookesmith$10,000Strong winds moved through the community of Brookesmith in association with the squall line moving through the Heartland in the afternoon. The meso cyclone associated with the tornado earlier near Rockwood in Coleman county also passed very close to the Brookesmith communitym, however the storm survey team could not find torndao damage in Brookesmith.
July 2025Flash FloodBrookesmith-Public reported flooding south of Brownwood near US Highway 377 and FM 1176. Parts of the road had water up the doors of an SUV.
May 2023HailBrookesmith-The public reported tea cup size hail 5 miles northeast of Brookesmith. The report was from mping.
May 2023HailBrookesmith-The public reported baseball size hail (2.75 inch) to 3.25 inch diameter hail 4 miles northeast of Brookesmith. The report was from mping.
May 2023Flash FloodBrookesmith-The road was impassable due to high water.
May 2022HailBrookesmith-The public reported baseball size hail in Brookesmith. Also, a broken windshield and siding damage. Also, a picture of the baseball size hail was sent over social media. The time was estimated by radar.
May 2022HailBrookesmith-The public reported golf ball size hail in Brookesmith.
April 2014HailBrookesmith-no account filed
May 2013HailBrookesmith-no account filed
April 2007HailBrookesmith-no account filed
October 1997Thunderstorm WindBrookesmith-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Dulin1.7 miles13
Winchell5.9 miles16
Dalzell6.9 miles14
Keys Crossing7.0 miles15
Indian Creek7.6 miles18
Bangs11.5 miles14
Woodland Heights12.0 miles20
Brownwood12.9 miles20

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 BrookesmithAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4974541The 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 1352935. 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.