Brushy Creek, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Frankston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75763. The Survey maps it on the Pert quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
On record in Brushy Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Anderson Camp Groundlisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Pert quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
160 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Brushy Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,596 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 6 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 | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 210 |
| 5 September 1993 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POVERTY HILL |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 128 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 216 |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 584 |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIS FIRE |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 441 |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brushy Creek: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Creek Salt Dome | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General | Occurrence | Anhydrite, Calcite, Celestite, Halite | |
| Concord Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1942 |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brushy Creek in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Brushy Creek | $20,000 | EM reported road damage on FM 315 near Elmwood due to flooding. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brushy Creek | $5,000 | Fire and rescue reported downed trees and damage to a well house on County Road 485 immediately south of the Henderson County line. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brushy Creek | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brushy Creek | - | The local volunteer fire department reported several trees down on FM 837, blocking the road between Hwy 19 and Hwy 155. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brushy Creek | - | Fourteen inch diameter trees were knocked down 2 miles north of Concord Church along County Road 404. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Brushy Creek | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Fosterville which is located about halfway between Brushy Creek and Poynor. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brushy Creek | - | Golf ball size hail reported. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brushy Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fosterville | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Elmtown | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pert | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mound Prairie | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bois d'Arc | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Todd City | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bradford | 8.3 miles | 12 |
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 Brushy Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076424 | 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 1379464. 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.
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.






