Bryan, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Boyd-Rhome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76078. The Survey maps it on the Rhome quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rhome quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
243 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Bryan between 2006 and 2020, burning about 573 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRUCTURE / GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 22199 KIOWA |
| 26 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 114 |
| 25 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 135 CHISOLM HILLS DR. |
| 22 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUSINESS HWY 287 N. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryan in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryan | $70,000 | A house lost a significant portion of its roofing northeast of Rhome. Other minor damage was reported to fences, trees, and a playground. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryan | $6,000 | A 73 MPH wind gust took out an amateur radio operator's antenna. The storm also damaged a nearby garage door and rolled a camper trailer, destroying it. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Bryan | $5,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported in New Fairview. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryan | $4,000 | Sixty mph thunderstorm winds were estimated in New Fairview. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryan | $3,000 | A 62 mph wind gust was measured at the New Fairview CWOP station. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Bryan | $2,000 | A brief tornado was observed about 3 miles north of Rhome. Some minor damage was reported to barns, and this tornado was rated an EF-0 with maximum estimated winds of 75-80 MPH. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Bryan | - | Mping report of quarter size hail. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Bryan | - | Emergency management reported that CR 4730 in Wise County became impassable due to high water. |
| February 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryan | - | A home weather station in the New Fairview area of Wise County measured a 59 mph wind gust. The report also stated several large tree branches were broken. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Bryan | - | Amateur radio reported ping pong ball sized hail in New Fairview, TX. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Bryan | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378062. 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.




