Bryson, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bryson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76427. It stands on Carmichael Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bryson quadrangle. 430 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBryson fell from 528 to 430 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 528 | |
| 2010 | 539 | +11 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 430 | -109 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bryson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Bryson between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,886 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2013 | Fireworks | 92 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARMSTRONG ROAD FIRE |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEWIS FIRE |
| 8 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YODER FIRE |
| 4 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryson in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 30 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryson | $150,000 | High winds destroyed two mobile homes, damaged the school roof and blew a large tree down onto a house, causing major roof damage. There were numerous reports of trees and signs blown down. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryson | $50,000 | One mobile home was heavily damaged and many trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryson | $25,000 | Power lines were blown down, trees were blown down, utility poles snapped off, and some houses unroofed. |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryson | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off the City Hall. Chimneys were blown down, a pavilion and concession stand was unroofed, and trees were blown down. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Bryson | $20,000 | The emergency manager and social media reported 1.75 - 2 inch hail in Bryson. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bryson | $15,000 | Baseball sized hail fell 5 miles south of Bryson. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Bryson | $10,000 | Several roads remained flooded after up to 5 inches of rain fell across the county. Most of the flooding was near creeks and streams and in low lying areas. Flooding continued on Highway 199. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bryson | $10,000 | Hail up to the size of golfballs fell in Bryson for at least 5 minutes. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Bryson | $9,000 | Emergency manager reported 2 inch hail south of Bryson off of FM 1191 and Flat Rock Road. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Bryson | $7,000 | Amateur radio operator reported golf ball sized hail 5 miles south of Bryson on FM 1191. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryson | $5,000 | Emergency management reported power poles down and mobile home damage in the city of Bryson, TX. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Bryson | $5,000 | Golfball-sized hail was reported along County Road 1191. |
| October 2009 | Hail | Bryson | $3,000 | Golfball size hail fell in the town of Bryson. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Bryson | - | Amateur radio operator relayed report of 1 inch hail 5 miles south of Bryson. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Bryson | - | Amateur radio operator reported 1 inch hail 5 miles south of Bryson on FM 1191. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryson | - | A MEP tower owned by Gamesa Wind measured a peak wind gusts of 93.5 mph at a height of 100 meters above ground level. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Bryson | - | Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail about 5 miles south of Bryson, TX. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryson | - | A few trees were knocked down in Bryson. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bryson | - | Nickel size hail fell about one mile west of Bryson along Highway 380. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Bryson | - | Significant flash flooding occurred throughout the county and several roads had to be closed. Parts of Highway 59 had over 8 inches of water covering the roadway. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Bryson | - | Penny size hail was reported north of Bryson on FM 1191. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Bryson | - | Quarter-size hail was reported in Bryson. |
| March 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Bryson | - | The tornado entered Jack County from Young County approximately 3 miles southwest of Bryson then moved east northeast to about .5 miles south of Bryson before dissipating. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bryson | - | Occurred between Bryson and Jermyn. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Bryson | - | A brief touchdown by rain wrapped tornado was reported by an off duty National Weather Service meteorologist. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryson | - | Strong winds blew down trees. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Bryson | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Bryson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Town | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Senate | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jermyn | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bartons Chapel | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Jacksboro | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lynn Creek | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Oakland | 18.5 miles | 9 | |
| Perrin | 18.9 miles | 8 |
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 Bryson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977102 | 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 1331472. 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.



