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.
Population over time
2 figuresDean 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 493 | |
| 2020 | 488 | -5 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wichita Falls East quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Dean quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
133 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MESQUITE RANCH FIRE |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CB GRASS FIRE M/A DEAN |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM2393 & BACHMAN RD. FIRE |
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10-22 M/A FOR DEAN HWY 79 |
| 25 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TAYLOR/79 GRASS FIRE M/A |
| 22 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUE LANE GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Dean | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Dean | $40,000 | A 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dean | $100 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Dean | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Dean | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Dean | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dean | - | Three-inch tree limbs were blown down. The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dean | - | Three-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Dean | - | MPing report. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Dean | - | MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1825-1830 LST) to report time. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (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 1998 | Hail | Dean | - | on the north side of town |
| April 1995 | Hail | Dean | - | 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 2024 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dean | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dean | - | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Hail | Dean | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dean | - | 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 Dean | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981694 | 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 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.




