Comyn, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the De Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76444. It stands on Walker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Comyn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Comyn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
177 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Comyn between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,479 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 1496 |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPARGER |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 900 HWY 1496 |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6971 HWY 6 |
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAINTER1 |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CROSSTIE |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DJ |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEZA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Comyn: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Leon Brick Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Comyn in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Hail | Comyn | $7,000 | Golf ball sized hail was 2 inches deep on Highway 6 at the Comanche/Erath County line. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Comyn | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378148. 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.





