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Guion, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jim Ned census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79541. The Survey maps it on the Tuscola quadrangle.

Guion within Taylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

54 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Guion between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,168 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural6
Smoking3

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
9 September 2009Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE - 8000 BLK OF HWY 83
22 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE - CR 176
2 September 2017Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVIRGIL GRAHAM'S BARN
19 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRADSHAW FIRE
14 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE - FM 604
8 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 620
24 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use43 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE - 8173 US 83

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

13 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guion in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 2007Flash FloodGuion1 killed, $30,000A woman was swept away by raging waters near the intersection of U.S. Highway 277 and Farm Road 89 as she attempted to escape her vehicle which had become stranded in flood waters.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGuion$1,000The public reported limbs down along County Road 654. Shingles were also removed from a roof.
April 2025HailGuion-Public reported half dollar size hail on social media near Ovalo.
May 2024Flash FloodGuion-Public reported flooding across US 83.
May 2023HailGuion-There was a picture of golf ball size hail on Twitter.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGuion-A camper at Coronado's Camp reported several large trees blown down with hail ranging from pea to marble size.
August 2016Flash FloodGuion-A trained spotter reported three feet of water flowing over County Road 272 along Elm Creek. Also, 3.45 inches of rain was reported.
August 2016Flash FloodGuion-A trained spotter reported Elm Creek was running over FM 89 about 11 miles west southwest of Buffalo Gap. Also, 3.42 inches of rain was reported.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindGuion-A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported large tree limbs and power lines down.
May 2012HailGuion-Pea to quarter size hail was reported along U.S. Highway 283 as the hail was increasing in size.
August 2007Flash FloodGuion-Farm Road 89 at Elm creek is reported to be impassable.
August 2007Flash FloodGuion-Local law enforcement officials reported significant flooding along Elm Creek located in southern Taylor County. U.S. Highway 277 and Farm Road 89 was closed due to flash flooding.
April 2015HailGuion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Bradshaw2.7 miles12
Ovalo4.3 miles12
Lawn6.1 miles13
Tuscola6.7 miles12
Rogers10.0 miles13
Buffalo Gap10.6 miles15
Happy Valley12.9 miles13
Shep13.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2035018. 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.