Brushie Prairie, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blooming Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76641. The Survey maps it on the Irene quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Irene quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
159 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Brushie Prairie between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,513 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALVIS PRATER |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NAVARRO MILLS DAM FIRE |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE-MUTUAL AID |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 639N FIRE |
| 21 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALFRED MARTIN FIRE |
| 17 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brushie Prairie in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brushie Prairie | $10,000 | The roof of a mobile home was ripped off by high winds on County Road 3090 near Brushie Prairie. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Raleigh | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pelham | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Navarro Mills | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Spring Hill | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Dresden | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Silver City | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Frost | 6.5 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122592340 | 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 1378059. 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.



