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Tyler County, Texas
50 topographic sheets cover 20 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 252 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 21 populated places in this county; 20 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
2Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tyler County Courthouse | building | 2015 | 15000247 |
 | Warren School | building | 2008 | 08000883 |
Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps
3Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
The county from the air
48 shownFlown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,170 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
Weather records
31 stations, 1 gageThe thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
- ROCKLAND 2 NW 1904 to 1979, hottest 41.1 C, coldest -13.9 C
- WOODVILLE 1917 to 1919, hottest 41.7 C, coldest -13.9 C
- HYATT 1935 to 1953, hottest 43.3 C, coldest -16.7 C
- WARREN 2 S 1935 to 1992, hottest 41.1 C, coldest -14.4 C
- TOWN BLUFF DAM 1953 to 1970, hottest 41.1 C, coldest -14.4 C
- TOWN BLUFF DAM 1970 to 2026, hottest 42.8 C, coldest -14.4 C
- WOODVILLE 1988 to 2019
- WILDWOOD 1992 to 2016, hottest 41.1 C, coldest -10.0 C
- SOUTHERN ROUGH TEXAS 1999 to 2026, hottest 60.0 C, coldest -60.0 C
- WOODVILLE TEXAS 2000 to 2026, hottest 43.3 C, coldest -60.0 C
- WOODVILLE 7.3 S 2007 to 2015
- WOODVILLE 7.2 S 2007 to 2026
- WOODVILLE 8.7 WNW 2016 to 2017
- COLMESNEIL 2.3 SE 2016 to 2019
- SPURGER 6.2 S 2017 to 2026
- COLMESNEIL 11.6 ESE 2017 to 2026
- WARREN 4.0 S 2020 to 2021
- CHESTER 1.1 ESE 2020 to 2024
- WOODVILLE 1.8 WSW (RILEY) 2020 to 2021
- SPURGER 0.5 N 2020 to 2022
- WOODVILLE 7.4 ENE (MCCONNELL) 2020 to 2025
- WOODVILLE 5.3 WSW (SMITH) 2020 to 2025
- CHESTER 1.1 ESE 2020 to 2024
- WOODVILLE 8.8 WNW 2020 to 2026
- WOODVILLE 6.1 S 2020 to 2026
- COLMESNEIL 2.6 SSE 2020 to 2024
- WOODVILLE 0.5 ENE 2021 to 2024
- COLMESNEIL 0.5 E 2022 to 2026
- COLMESNEIL 3.8 S 2024 to 2025
- COLMESNEIL 0.9 S 2024 to 2026
- FRED 3.1 WSW 2025 to 2026
- Neches Rv nr Rockland, TX 1903 to 2026
The 1950 census, district by district
15 districtsWho lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
- 229-1Justice Precinct 1: Woodville town: Woodville town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Town limits; Magnolia
- 229-2Justice Precinct 1: Woodville town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Magnolia; Bluff, U.S. Highway 190; Town limits
- 229-3Justice Precinct 1: Woodville town - That part Bounded by U.S. Highway 190, Bluff; Magnolia; Town limits; Town limits
- 229-4Justice Precinct 1: Doucette, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo CLA-16-21)
- 229-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of Hillister - Spurger Rd. and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad, outside Woodville town and the unincorporated place of Doucette (See aerial photo CLA-16-21 for boundaries of Doucette)
- 229-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad and northeast of Cypress Creek, outside Woodville town and the unincorporated place of Doucette, (See aerial photo CLA-16-21 for boundaries of Doucette)
- 229-7Justice Precinct 1 - That part gouthwest of Cypress Creek and west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- 229-8Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Hillister - Spurger Rd. and east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- 229-9Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part northeast of U.S. Highway 287
- 229-10Justice Precinct 2 - That part southwest of U.S. Highway 287
- 229-11Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part east of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- 229-12Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- 229-13Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of Hillister - Spurger Rd.
- 229-14Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Hillister - Spurger Rd. and west of State Highway 92
- 229-15Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Hillister - Spurger Rd. and east of State Highway 92
Wildfire, 1992 to 2020
1,520 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,520 of them, burning about 30,160 acres. 85 started naturally and 259 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 820 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 259 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 229 |
| Natural | 85 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,091 acres | Big Thicket National Park | PIPELINE RD FIRE |
| 1 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,700 acres | Big Thicket National Park | 1943 COMPLEX FIRE |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,509 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 683 |
| 15 February 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 880 acres | Big Thicket National Park | 1943 FIRE |
| 24 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 650 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 435 |
| 21 February 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 543 acres | Big Thicket National Park | UPLAND |
| 1 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 520 acres | Big Thicket National Park | BRUSHY CREEK FIRE |
| 23 April 2006 | Natural | 519 acres | Big Thicket National Park | BEECH CRK |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1962 to 2026
60 of 300 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 300 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 5 injuries and about $79,995,250 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 135 |
| Hail | 102 |
| Flash Flood | 30 |
| Tornado | 23 |
| Flood | 5 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 |
| Lightning | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Chester | 1 killed, $60,000,000 | Harvey produced 20 to 30 inches of rain which flooded 1,730 homes. Major flooding occurred in Warren, Fred, and along the Neches River where it had the 4th highest crest at Town Bluff. 1 death was a result of the flooding. |
| May 1986 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 killed | no account filed |
| December 1983 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 4 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Town Bluff | 1 hurt, $50,000 | A tornado touched down in the eastern sections of Barlow Lake Estates, uprooting or snapping numerous trees. Twenty two telephone poles had to be replaced due to the damage. One tree landed on a mobile home, injuring one man. He suffered minor to moderate injuries and was treated and released at a local hospital. The max wind speed was estimated at 105 mph. The tornado cross the Neches River and dissipated in the forest. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Dam Res | $14,000,000 | Four to eight inches of rainfall fell during the morning of the 10th causing water levels to quickly rise. This flooded roadways and around 33 homes. |
| March 2016 | Flood | Dam Res | $700,000 | Heavy rain during the 9th and 10th pushed the Neches River into flood. around 10 structures downstream of Steinhagen Lake flooded. |
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Woodville | $250,000 | no account filed |
| February 1967 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Woodville | $200,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Flood | Dam Res | $150,000 | Heavy rain produced widespread 2 to 6 inches of accumulation with the maximum reported a Sam Rayburn Dam of 7.26 inches. Flood waters drained down the Neches late in the month to produce flooding along the river. Numerous roads were flooded along with a few homes in the Barlow Lake neighborhood just south of Steinhagen Lake. A secondary higher peak from the event did not occur until early June. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Doucette | $100,000 | The Tyler County dispatch reported water covering some roadways from Chester to Colmesneil. 5.28 inches of rain was recorded during the event at Colmesneil. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Town Bluff | $100,000 | Heavy rain during the end of May produced flash flooding across areas upstream of B. A. Steinhagen Lake. Even one small earthen dam failed near Colmesneil. This flood wave traveled down the Neches flooding areas south of Dam B including some homes in the Barlow Lake and Sheffields Ferry Communities. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Fred | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Warren | $100,000 | no account filed |
| December 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Town Bluff | $75,000 | A fast moving tornado touched down near FM1746, blowing down or snapping off several trees. While it was crossing FM92, it ripped off part of the metal roof of a small rural grocery store. Eyewitnesses saw the tornado at the Corp of Engineers office across the street. The sheet metal from the roof was blown into the COE park and damaged several picnic areas, and snapped off several more trees. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colmesneil | $75,000 | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Woodville | $75,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Hillister | $60,000 | A tornado touched down on both the north and south sides of Lake Charmaine,|blowing multiple trees down. One home had a tree land on it and a tree landed on a SUV. Several homes had minor damage to their siding. The peak winds in the tornado was estimated at 105 MPH. The path was 1.3 miles long and 600 yards wide. |
| August 2009 | Lightning | Milton | $50,000 | KJAS radio station reported lightning struck a house on FM 1746 and the resulting fire destroyed the home. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colmesneil | $50,000 | A tree fell on a house in Colmesneil and almost destroyed the home. Trees and power lines were also reported down across the rest of Tyler County. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Fred | $50,000 | Two day rain totals of 12 to 16 inches resulted in long duration flooding across portions of Tyler County. The hardest hit areas were near Fred, where some roads weere flooded. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fred | $50,000 | Power lines knocked over by strong winds. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Woodville | $50,000 | The Sheriff's Department reported nickle-sized hail at their office. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Woodville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Woodville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Flash Flood | Doucette | $40,000 | Heavy rain in training thunderstorms fell across Tyler County and neighboring Jasper County for multiple hours. Near 6 inches fell during the event. High rainfall rates produced quickly rising water that flooded some streets around Woodville and briefly flooded the lower portion of one home with an inch and a half of water. Minor flooding was also reported at Wolf Creek at Highway 96. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Doucette | $25,000 | The tornado began roughly 0.5 miles west of HWY 287 where several trees were damaged along with some outbuildings. The tornado then continued northeast where it damaged a home, an outbuilding was destroyed, and several pine trees were snapped at the trunk. Two by fours were impaled into the roof of the home as well. Roughly 30% of roof was peeled off of the home. The tornado then continued east towards HWY 287 where tree damage was found near Little Cypress Creek. This was the end of the Little Cypress Tornado. Max estimated wind was 95 mph. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Rockland | $25,000 | Heavy rain fell across central and northwest portions of Tyler County with 3 to 6 inches of accumulation common. This fell on already saturated from storms around one week earlier. The excessive amount of rainfall caused the Lake Amanda Dam to fail which drained the lake and caused downstream evacuations along Wolf Creek. Numerous roadways were flooded during the event as well including Highways 69, 190, and 256 near Woodville. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Town Bluff | $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Flash Flood | Colmesnelle | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1984 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Hillister | $20,000 | Multiple trees were blown down along FM 1013 east of Hillister, on both the|north and south sides of the road. The peak winds in the tornado was estimated at 105 MPH. The path was half a mile long and 300 yards wide. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville | $20,000 | Widespread tree and power line damage occurred around Woodville. Many trees had large branches broken or were up rooted. The vast majority of the trees fell to the east. One mobile home had a tree fall onto it just west of Woodville and the occupant was injured when the tree fell. A building near the intersection of Highway 69 and North Charlton had roofing material removed along with windows blown out. |
| December 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Woodville Tylerco Ar | $20,000 | A fast moving tornado touched down in the Harmony community, blowing down and snapping several large hardwood trees, one of which hit a parked car. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Fred | $20,000 | Several trees were blown, a carport lost some of its awning, and a shed lost some tin from its roof. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colmesneil | $20,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew trees down from Colmesnelle to Doucette and Hillister. |
| March 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Woodville | $20,000 | A small tornado was reported by a sheriffs deputy. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down with damage to 65 homes in the Harmony Addition west of Woodville. Numerous trees and power lines were also reported down across the southern part of the county. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down throughout the county with one falling onto a house on County Road 499. |
| December 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $20,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Spurger | $20,000 | no account filed |
| December 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Hicksbaugh | $15,000 | Several pine trees were damaged along with a few hardwoods. The tornado reached maximum intensity near County Road 4600 where a few pine trees were snapped within it's trunk. At this same location, a BBQ shack was heavily damaged along with an awning that was completely destroyed. A pontoon boat was ripped off of its trailer, and thrown approximately 25 yards into a pine tree. Two mobile homes also sustained minor damage along County Road 4600. Estimated maximum winds were 90 mph. |
| December 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Spurger | $15,000 | A tornado touched down near FM highway 1013 west of Spurger and snapped the tops of several pine trees off. When the tornado moved to County Road 4394 two homes received minor damage to the roofs with some shingles taken off. Several trees were snapped near the base of them and a couple of sheds and barns had some metal roofing material peeled off. The tornado caused more damage to two more homes on County Road 4375 where roofing shingles or tin were partially blown off the homes, carports, and garages. More trees along this road were also snapped at the base facing north. The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter. This same storm produced the tornado in Jasper County in the Rock Hill Community. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillister | $15,000 | Strong storms moved into Tyler County before sunrise on the 4th. Multiple reports were received of trees and power lines down from north of Wildwood to Hillister and to near Fred. One mobile home had the roof removed during the event. |
| December 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Warren | $12,000 | A tornado briefly touched down near Warren. Several pine trees were blown down or uprooted, one home had some sheet metal roofing blown off a patio and a fence was blown down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville | $10,000 | A downburst downed numerous trees in Woodville. Two homes were downed by these trees. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville Tylerco Ar | $10,000 | Numerous trees were reported down near Woodville near US 190 and County Road 2175. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Woodville | $10,000 | The tornado touched down southeast of Woodville near highway 287 where tree fall displayed greater convergence and some roofing material was removed from a building. The tornado continued to the southeast snapping numerous softwood trees before dissipating just East of County Road 4250. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Chester | $10,000 | TXDOT reported FM 1745 was flooded near the Tyler/Polk County line west of Chester. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spurger | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Flash Flood | Woodville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colmesneil | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colmesneil | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colmesneil | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warren | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chester | $10,000 | no account filed |
Mines and quarries
1 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 1 working inside this county. It is closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Silica | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Silica | Past Producer |
Every populated place in the county
21Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
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Chester
Colmesneil-Chester census division · 75936 · On Dry Creek · Chester quadrangle
12 sheets, 1954 to 1992
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Colmesneil
Colmesneil-Chester census division · 75938 · On One Mile Branch · Colmesneil quadrangle
12 sheets, 1954 to 1992
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Doucette
Woodville census division · 75942 · On East Branch Turkey Creek · Woodville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1954 to 1992
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Emille
Spurger census division · 75979 · On Little Wolf Creek · Birdwell Lake quadrangle
11 sheets, 1954 to 1992
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Fox Landing
Colmesneil-Chester census division · 75938 · On Rocky Creek · Pace Hill quadrangle
15 sheets, 1954 to 2003
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Haralson Lakes
Woodville census division · 75938 · On Brushy Branch · Woodville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1954 to 1992
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Hillister
Woodville census division · 77624 · On Magnus Branch · Hillister quadrangle
13 sheets, 1954 to 1992
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Peach Tree Village
Colmesneil-Chester census division · 75936 · On Rocky Branch · Chester quadrangle
12 sheets, 1954 to 1992
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Rockland
Colmesneil-Chester census division · 75938 · On Sulphur Branch · Rockland quadrangle
16 sheets, 1928 to 2003
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Spurger
Spurger census division · 75979 · On Mill Creek · Spurger quadrangle
12 sheets, 1954 to 1992
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Woodville
Woodville census division · 75979 · On Little Turkey Creek · Woodville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1954 to 1992
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.