BlockBryan Beach, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Brazosport census division. It stands on Brazos River. The Survey maps it on the Jones Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Bryan Beach between 1995 and 2017, burning about 4,793 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTER POINT |
| 12 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PORT FREEPORT |
| 6 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VELASCO |
| 21 August 1995 | Natural | 120 acres | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | RIVER B-95 |
| 23 July 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRYAN BEACH |
| 24 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | BOATRAMP |
| 7 May 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FREEPORT GRASSFIRE |
| 5 May 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOUTH OF THE BRAZOS |
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 Bryan Beach: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Mound | Halite | Unknown | ||
| Bryan Mound Mine | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1904, 1912, 1968 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quintana Beach | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Freeport | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Quintana | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Midway | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Velasco | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Brazosport | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gulf Park | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Surfside | 6.0 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 Bryan Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q114119611 | 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 2034487. 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.