Cyclone, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76519. It stands on Possum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seaton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Seaton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Cyclone between 2005 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015-122 |
| 8 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 170 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWEETY |
| 4 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RED RANGER |
| 4 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 53 FIRE |
| 31 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEAF MAREK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cyclone in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Cyclone | $60,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyclone | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Hail | Cyclone | - | Amateur radio reported nickel sized hail near the intersection of FM 1671 and FM 485. |
| September 1996 | Hail | Cyclone | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyclone | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zabcikville | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Red Ranger | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ocker | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Meeks | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Airville | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Leedale | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Seaton | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| New Colony | 4.6 miles | 14 |
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 Cyclone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113331341 | 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 1379626. 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.




