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Dean, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Byers-Petrolia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76305. The Survey maps it on the Dean quadrangle. 488 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.

Dean within Clay County

Population over time

2 figures

Dean fell from 493 to 488 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
2010493
2020488-5 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

133 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Dean between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,695 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning24
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural5
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2015Arson/incendiarism10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMESQUITE RANCH FIRE
30 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCB GRASS FIRE M/A DEAN
3 September 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM2393 & BACHMAN RD. FIRE
28 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10-22 M/A FOR DEAN HWY 79
25 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTAYLOR/79 GRASS FIRE M/A
22 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSUE LANE GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dean in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 25 hail, 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000HailDean$250,000no account filed
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Dean$40,000A tornado moved northeast and north through the northwestern portion of Clay County. The first damage was observed to trees along FM-1740 about one mile east of the Wichita County line. The tornado moved northeast along or just east of FM-1740 producing tree damage before turning north-northeast and passing just west of the town of Charlie. Two outbuildings were damaged southwest of Charlie, a house was damaged just west of Charlie, and a mobile home unroofed north of Charlie.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDean$100no account filed
April 2026HailDean-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2026HailDean-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailDean-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDean-Three-inch tree limbs were blown down. The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDean-Three-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2024HailDean-MPing report.
May 2024HailDean-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1825-1830 LST) to report time.
April 2019Tornado (EFU)Dean-This tornado was observed by spotters and storm chasers, and was occurring at the same time as the other Clay County tornado for a short duration of time. No damage was found and the location of the tornado is estimated.
March 1998HailDean-on the north side of town
April 1995HailDean-Severe thunderstorms dropped large hail and left behind wind damage as they moved across North Texas during the morning. In Wichita County severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree in Electra and downed power lines and uprooted trees in Iowa Park. Golf ball-size hail was also reported eight miles east of Holliday in Archer County.
March 2024HailDean-no account filed
March 2018HailDean-no account filed
April 2011HailDean-no account filed
April 2011HailDean-no account filed
April 2011HailDean-no account filed
April 2011HailDean-no account filed
April 2008HailDean-no account filed
April 2008HailDean-no account filed
April 2007HailDean-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDean-no account filed
April 2003HailDean-no account filed
August 2002HailDean-no account filed
October 2001HailDean-no account filed
October 2001HailDean-no account filed
May 1999HailDean-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDean-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDean-no account filed
April 1996HailDean-no account filed
April 1995HailDean-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindDean-no account filed
November 1994HailDean-no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindDean-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Raymond5.7 miles10
Jolly6.0 miles8
Petrolia7.4 miles10
Thornberry7.8 miles10
Hurnville9.4 miles8
Charlie10.2 miles11
Frame11.4 miles8
Byers11.6 miles10

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 DeanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981694The 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 1355784. 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.