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Colmesneil, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Colmesneil-Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75938. It stands on One Mile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Colmesneil quadrangle. 542 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 272 feet above sea level.

Colmesneil within Tyler County

Population over time

2 figures

Colmesneil fell from 596 to 542 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.

YearPeople Change
2010596
2020542-54 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Colmesneil between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,290 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined13
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
9 September 1993Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS
29 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 624
16 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNK
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBEUDREAUX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tyler County

Storms near this place

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colmesneil in 34 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 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 1998Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$75,000no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$50,000A 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.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$20,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew trees down from Colmesnelle to Doucette and Hillister.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$10,000no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$10,000no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$10,000no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$5,000The Emergency Manager of Tyler County reported 11 large oak trees down along highway 69 near Colmesneil.
May 2015Flash FloodColmesneil$5,000Flooding along wolf creek caused water to enter a camp around 3 feet deep.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$5,000Entergy reported widespread power outages throughout northern Tyler County.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$5,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$4,000Strong winds in an outer band well ahead of Beryl damaged trees and power lines in northern Tyler County. Approximately 800 power outages were reported by the emergency manager.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$3,000A severe thunderstorm damaged or downed several trees and power lines in Colmesneil. One home also sustained minor roof damage.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$3,000The Tyler County Sheriffs' Department reported numerous trees down from Colmesneil to Woodville with a passing storm.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$2,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$2,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$2,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$2,000no account filed
December 1999Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$2,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$1,000A tree was blown down onto FM 256 East.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$1,000Trees were downed in the Colmesneil area.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindColmesneil$1,000Tyler County Sheriff Office reported a tree blown down on Highway 255 north of Colmesneil.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindColmesneil-A mesonet recorded a wind gust of 69 knots with a thunderstorm.
May 2024HailColmesneil-The emergency manager of Tyler County reported quarter sized hail.
May 2024HailColmesneil-The emergency manager of Tyler County relayed a report of large hail.
June 1995HailColmesneil-Nickle-sized hail and large tree limbs down in Colmesneil.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindColmesneil-Nickle-sized hail and large tree limbs down in Colmesneil.
April 1993HailColmesneil-The sheriff's office reported dime-size hail in Colmesneil.
May 2007HailColmesneil-no account filed
June 2007HailColmesneil-no account filed
May 2006HailColmesneil-no account filed
March 2005HailColmesneil-no account filed
November 2004HailColmesneil-no account filed
March 2000HailColmesneil-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tyler 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
Cima2.5 miles12
Haralson Lakes3.3 miles12
Dies Community4.8 miles12
Doucette6.2 miles12
Rockland7.7 miles16
Woodville9.2 miles12
Chester9.3 miles12
Magnolia Hills9.4 miles12

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 ColmesneilAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981758The 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 1354805. 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.