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Lake Tanglewood, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Amarillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79118. It sits by The Palisades. The Survey maps it on The Palisades quadrangle. 686 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,474 feet above sea level.

Lake Tanglewood within Randall County

Population over time

3 figures

Lake Tanglewood fell from 825 to 686 between 2000 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
2000825
2010796-29 (-4%)
2020686-110 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

189 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Lake Tanglewood between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,399 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined95
Equipment and vehicle use39
Debris and open burning23
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use42 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWASHINGTON
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLAUDE HIGHWAY AND TANGLEWOOD
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURLINGTON ROAD
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2219
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined299 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceATTABURY
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1191
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOTTER RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randall County

Storms near this place

57 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Tanglewood in 57 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 33 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail. 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
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood$20,000Thunderstorm wind gusts blew off the roof of a metal building near the Claude Highway (Farm to Market Road 1151) and Tanglewood Road. There were no injuries or fatalities.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood$11,000Thunderstorm winds reportedly blew the tin roof off of a small building and two to three inch diameter tree limbs were broken off.
May 2025HailLake Tanglewood$10,000A swath of quarter to half dollar size hail fell to the north of Lake Tanglewood. Hail of at least quarter size fell near Circle C Trail and Claude Highway. Window and gutter damage occurred as well as some vehicle damage, which included a significant amount of small dents in the hood and top of a pickup truck. Hail broke one window in a chicken coop and damaged a vinyl gutter.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood$6,000The general public reported several storage sheds were damaged.
July 2009HailLake Tanglewood$3,000The broadcast media relayed a report that the hail broke the windows on a home.
May 2024HailLake Tanglewood-Hail up to quarter size accumulated just north of Timbercreek Canyon.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-It was reported that 8 to 12 diameter tree branches were snapped off a tree and blocking the road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-Three to four inches diameter tree branches down in Tangle Aire subdivision.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-Half of a tree was down with a diameter of approximately 12 to 18 at the Lake Tanglewood golf course.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-Tree down on the north shore drive of Lake Tanglewood.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-Roof blown off manufactured building. Small shed rolled over on side. Three axle box trailer blown off the highway. Several tree branches broken.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-A damage survey conducted determined that a microburst associated with a severe thunderstorm caused damage associated with approximately 90MPH winds.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-NWS Employee estimated a 60 MPH wind gust.
April 2015HailLake Tanglewood-Quarter size hail 5 miles north of Lake Tanglewood.
November 2015HailLake Tanglewood-Penny size hail was reported at Lake Tanglewood.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-A 63 mph wind gust was measured by the KVII Schoolnet site located 2 miles northeast of Lake Tanglewood.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-A wind gust of 60 mph was measured by the West Texas Mesonet site located 4 miles north-northwest of Lake Tanglewood, or 7 miles south-southeast of Amarillo.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-Scattered thunderstorms developed across Randall County during the evening hours of the 12th. As a storm approached Lake Tanglewood (Randall County), the West Texas Mesonet site four miles north-northwest of Lake Tanglewood recorded a 59 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-Scattered thunderstorms developed across Randall County during the evening hours of the 12th. As a storm approached Lake Tanglewood (Randall County), the KVII Schoolnet site one mile north-northwest of Lake Tanglewood recorded a 58 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county.
June 2014HailLake Tanglewood-A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a stalled frontal boundary during the early morning hours of the 6th. These thunderstorms quickly intensified while moving to the east. As the storms moved over the city of Amarillo (Randall County), the local broadcast media reported half dollar size hail (1.25 inches) near Lake Tanglewood. After producing this hail the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move across the southern Texas Panhandle.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-A line of thunderstorms moved out of the Oklahoma Panhandle and into the Texas Panhandle during the late night hours of the 22nd. As the line neared the town of Amarillo (Randall County), the West Texas Mesonet 4 miles north-northwest of Lake Tanglewood (Randall County) reported a 58 mph thunderstorm downburst gust. After producing this downburst gust the line continued to move to the south-southeast across the Texas Panhandle.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-A line of thunderstorms moved out of the Oklahoma Panhandle and into the Texas Panhandle during the late night hours of the 22nd. As the line neared the town of Amarillo (Randall County), the West Texas Mesonet site 4 miles north-northwest of Lake Tanglewood (Randall County) reported a 64 mph thunderstorm downburst gust. After producing this downburst gust the line continued to move to the south-southeast across the Texas Panhandle.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-A cluster of discrete thunderstorms moving across the Texas Panhandle transitioned into a broken linear structure during the late evening hours of the 6th. As this broken line of storms moved away from the town of Amarillo (Randall County), the KVII Schoolnet 1 mile north-northwest of Lake Tanglewood (Randall County) reported a 63 mph downburst gust. After producing this gust the line of thunderstorms continued moving eastward across the Panhandle.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-A thunderstorm collapsed over Amarillo (Randall County) during the late night hours of the 27th. The downburst produced by this collapse damaged an outbuilding 7 miles southeast of Amarillo (Randall County).
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-A thunderstorm collapsed over Amarillo (Randall County) during the late night hours of the 27th. The KVII Schoolnet site at River Falls airport (Randall County) measured a 70 mph wind gust from this collapse.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-A member of the public in Lake Tanglewood estimated a 77 mph wind gusts which also caused the corner of a metal shed to peel back.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
May 2021HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
March 2021HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
April 2019HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
March 2019HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
March 2019HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
March 2019HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
June 2018HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
October 2018Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
July 2016HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
April 2012HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
April 2012HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
June 2012HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
February 2012HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLake Tanglewood-no account filed
September 2010HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
September 2010HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
April 2009HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
April 2009HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
May 2008HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed
July 2008HailLake Tanglewood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Randall 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
Palisades0.9 miles8
Timbercreek Canyon1.9 miles8
Zita5.7 miles8
Rockwell Place6.7 miles8
Canyon9.2 miles9
Cleta12.3 miles9
Ogg16.9 miles9
Umbarger18.6 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 Lake TanglewoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2892383The 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 1388604. 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.