Byers, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Byers-Petrolia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76357. The Survey maps it on the Petrolia quadrangle. 454 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.
On record in Byers
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red Riverlisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresByers fell from 496 to 454 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 496 | |
| 2020 | 454 | -42 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Petrolia quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burkburnett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Byers between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,317 acres in total. 6 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 | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHAFFNER FIRE |
| 30 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELLEDGE N MORGAN |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCADAMS FIRE |
| 21 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9212020 |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHAFFNER FIRE |
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM171VALENTINERDGRASS |
| 16 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHAFFNER FIRE |
| 10 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 79 AT BYERS M/A GRASS FIRE 10-22 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Byers: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byers in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 15 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byers | $150 | Several tree limbs were downed. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Byers | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Byers | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Byers | - | Relayed report via amateur radio. |
| November 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Byers | - | A storm chaser observed a tornado at times across northeastern Clay County. The tornado initially developed south of Byers and moved north and then northeast into the far northeastern edge of Clay County dissipating near the Red River. The tornado may have extended into Jefferson County Oklahoma, but no evidence could be found on the Oklahoma side of the Red River.||At least two homes experienced significant roof damage, a couple of barns were significantly damaged and a few large trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byers | - | Power lines downed on highway 79 between Patrolia and Byers. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Byers | - | Spotters observed a multiple-vortex tornado believed to be south of the Red River approximately 4 miles south of Ryan OK. No damage was reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Byers | - | No damage reported. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byers | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down by winds estimated at 65 mph. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Byers | - | Thunderstorms in the western part of north Texas during the evening hours of the 7th produced hail up to nickel-size and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and broke off tree limbs in Byers and damaged a mobile home just east of Byers. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byers | - | Thunderstorms in the western part of north Texas during the evening hours of the 7th produced hail up to nickel-size and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and broke off tree limbs in Byers and damaged a mobile home just east of Byers. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Byers | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Byers | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Byers | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Byers | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Byers | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Byers | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Byers | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byers | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Byers | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Byers | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Byers | - | 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.
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 Byers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982221 | 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 1353465. 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.
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.



