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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.

Bryan within Wise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

243 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined100
Debris and open burning61
Equipment and vehicle use46
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTRUCTURE / GRASS FIRE
28 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
27 September 2009Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service22199 KIOWA
26 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 114
25 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service135 CHISOLM HILLS DR.
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUSINESS HWY 287 N.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wise County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023Thunderstorm WindBryan$70,000A house lost a significant portion of its roofing northeast of Rhome. Other minor damage was reported to fences, trees, and a playground.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBryan$6,000A 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 2024HailBryan$5,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in New Fairview.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBryan$4,000Sixty mph thunderstorm winds were estimated in New Fairview.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindBryan$3,000A 62 mph wind gust was measured at the New Fairview CWOP station.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Bryan$2,000A 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 2025HailBryan-Mping report of quarter size hail.
April 2024FloodBryan-Emergency management reported that CR 4730 in Wise County became impassable due to high water.
February 2022Thunderstorm WindBryan-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 2022HailBryan-Amateur radio reported ping pong ball sized hail in New Fairview, TX.
June 1997HailBryan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wise 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
New Fairview1.5 miles9
Bluett4.2 miles9
Rhome4.2 miles9
Aurora5.2 miles12
Newark7.6 miles9
Herman7.7 miles11
Boyd7.9 miles12
Annaville8.2 miles12

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.