Flynn, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Normangee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77855. The Survey maps it on the Spring Seat quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spring Seat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Flynn between 2002 and 2019, burning about 242 acres in total. 4 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 488 FIRE |
| 20 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4025 |
| 11 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 436 |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 436 FIRE |
| 26 August 2015 | Natural | 52 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4016 |
| 26 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLARK |
| 31 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flynn in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Flynn | $10,000 | County Road 436 was washed out at Highway 39 north of Flynn. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flynn | $5,000 | Trees and power lines knocked down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margie | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Spring Seat | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Hilltop Lakes | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Robbins | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Concord | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Venetia | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Redland | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Leona | 8.2 miles | 9 |
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 Flynn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5463638 | 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 1357519. 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.



