Bryden, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dumas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79029. The Survey maps it on the Cactus East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cactus East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spearman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bryden between 2006 and 2019, burning about 127 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINNONA |
| 9 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUTCHER476 |
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATER TOWER |
| 6 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALODURO |
| 6 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALODURO2 |
| 3 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH 287 |
| 24 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEBRUCE |
| 24 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CITY HALL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etter | 2.4 miles | 6 | |
| Cactus | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Sheerin Junction | 3.8 miles | 6 | |
| Sheerin | 5.3 miles | 6 | |
| Machovec | 5.7 miles | 6 | |
| Sunray | 6.9 miles | 6 | |
| Dumas | 10.9 miles | 6 | |
| Stallwitz Lake | 15.1 miles | 6 |
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 Q122571988 | 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 1379466. 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.



