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Thrifty, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bangs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76801. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thrifty quadrangle.

Thrifty within Brown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

284 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Thrifty between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,184 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use70
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOAK 7407
4 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 563 7400
3 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
27 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIRLAND (4141)
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 279
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBELFAST (3140)
21 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 574 (4135)
2 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEAL DR 7396

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

24 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thrifty in 24 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 16 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2015Flash FloodThrifty1 killedA man drowned when his truck was swept off the road by rushing waters approximately 6 miles north of Bangs where Jim Ned Creek crosses FM 2492 near County Road 105. The driver was able to exit the vehicle but was quickly washed downstream.
March 2025HailThrifty-An amateur radio operator reported quarter size hail.
May 2024HailThrifty-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindThrifty-There were tree limbs blown down. Trampoline blown away.
May 2023HailThrifty-The public reported dime to golf ball size hail falling.
May 2023HailThrifty-A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail 3 miles northwest of Thrifty.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindThrifty-One dock was severely damaged as it was flipped. Another dock had damage. The winds were estimated to be at least 80 mph.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindThrifty-A couple of docks on Lake Brownwood were damaged by the strong thunderstorm winds.
April 2016HailThrifty-An amateur radio operator reported nickel size hail about 1 mile west of Thrifty.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindThrifty-Fire department estimated a 60 mph wind gust from a nearby thunderstorm.
May 2015Flash FloodThrifty-Heavy rains flooded an intersection located at State Highway 279 and FM 1849. The flooded area extended to about two miles west of the intersection.
May 2013HailThrifty-Golf Ball size hail was reported on State Highway 279, near County Road 115 at Lake Brownwood.
May 2013HailThrifty-Quarter size hail was reported just north of Lake Brownwood.
March 2013HailThrifty-A trained spotter located just north of Lake Brownwood reported golf ball size hail.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindThrifty-A wind gust of 60 mph was reported on Lake Brownwood.
June 2007Flash FloodThrifty-Heavy rains caused flooding and the eventual closing of Highway 586 near Thrifty and FM 2492 near Bangs.
April 2019HailThrifty-no account filed
October 2014HailThrifty-no account filed
March 2013HailThrifty-no account filed
March 2013HailThrifty-no account filed
May 2009HailThrifty-no account filed
March 2007HailThrifty-no account filed
April 2007HailThrifty-no account filed
May 1999HailThrifty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Shamrock Shores1.9 miles17
Lake Shore2.5 miles17
Fry2.9 miles15
Blackwell Crossing4.5 miles15
Grosvenor5.0 miles15
Bangs6.5 miles14
Lake Brownwood6.8 miles17
Byrds8.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379159. 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.