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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.

Bryson within Jack County

Population over time

3 figures

Bryson 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.

YearPeople Change
2000528
2010539+11 (+2%)
2020430-109 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

112 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning21
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2013Fireworks92 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceARMSTRONG ROAD FIRE
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEWIS FIRE
8 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceYODER FIRE
4 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jack County

Storms near this place

44 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBryson$150,000High 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 1994Thunderstorm WindBryson$50,000One mobile home was heavily damaged and many trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindBryson$25,000Power lines were blown down, trees were blown down, utility poles snapped off, and some houses unroofed.
October 1999Thunderstorm WindBryson$25,000Thunderstorm 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 2020HailBryson$20,000The emergency manager and social media reported 1.75 - 2 inch hail in Bryson.
June 2011HailBryson$15,000Baseball sized hail fell 5 miles south of Bryson.
April 2016FloodBryson$10,000Several 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 2011HailBryson$10,000Hail up to the size of golfballs fell in Bryson for at least 5 minutes.
April 2026HailBryson$9,000Emergency manager reported 2 inch hail south of Bryson off of FM 1191 and Flat Rock Road.
April 2026HailBryson$7,000Amateur radio operator reported golf ball sized hail 5 miles south of Bryson on FM 1191.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindBryson$5,000Emergency management reported power poles down and mobile home damage in the city of Bryson, TX.
March 2007HailBryson$5,000Golfball-sized hail was reported along County Road 1191.
October 2009HailBryson$3,000Golfball size hail fell in the town of Bryson.
April 2026HailBryson-Amateur radio operator relayed report of 1 inch hail 5 miles south of Bryson.
April 2026HailBryson-Amateur radio operator reported 1 inch hail 5 miles south of Bryson on FM 1191.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBryson-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 2022HailBryson-Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail about 5 miles south of Bryson, TX.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBryson-A few trees were knocked down in Bryson.
April 2011HailBryson-Nickel size hail fell about one mile west of Bryson along Highway 380.
May 2010Flash FloodBryson-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 2009HailBryson-Penny size hail was reported north of Bryson on FM 1191.
May 2008HailBryson-Quarter-size hail was reported in Bryson.
March 2004Tornado (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 2004HailBryson-Occurred between Bryson and Jermyn.
April 2000Tornado (F0)Bryson-A brief touchdown by rain wrapped tornado was reported by an off duty National Weather Service meteorologist.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindBryson-Strong winds blew down trees.
May 2011HailBryson-no account filed
June 2005HailBryson-no account filed
April 2004HailBryson-no account filed
June 2004HailBryson-no account filed
April 2003HailBryson-no account filed
June 2003HailBryson-no account filed
June 2003HailBryson-no account filed
October 2001HailBryson-no account filed
April 2000HailBryson-no account filed
April 2000HailBryson-no account filed
April 2000HailBryson-no account filed
October 1998HailBryson-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindBryson-no account filed
May 1998HailBryson-no account filed
April 1998HailBryson-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F1)Bryson-no account filed
April 1996HailBryson-no account filed
July 1995HailBryson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jack 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
Bob Town2.5 miles8
Senate4.9 miles8
Jermyn7.1 miles8
Bartons Chapel10.3 miles8
Jacksboro12.7 miles9
Lynn Creek14.2 miles8
Oakland18.5 miles9
Perrin18.9 miles8

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 BrysonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q977102The 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.