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Leary, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hooks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75561. The Survey maps it on the Leary quadrangle. 433 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 377 feet above sea level.

Leary within Bowie County

Population over time

2 figures

Leary fell from 495 to 433 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
2010495
2020433-62 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

226 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Leary between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,256 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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
Debris and open burning151
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
5 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6223
5 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 366

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bowie County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Leary: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bruce Kennedy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bruce Kennedy Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bowie County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leary in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLeary$25,000A single wide home with an additional roof structure built over the home had this portion of the roof tossed approximately 100 feet and destroyed.
April 2023HailLeary-Penny size hail fell just southeast of Leary. Report from m-PING.
June 2019HailLeary-Quarter size hail fell in the Leary community.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLeary-Trees down near Interstate 30 between Nash and Leary.
May 2016HailLeary-Nickel size hail fell in the Leary community.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLeary-Tree down across Highway 82 and Farm to Market Road 2253 about one-quarter of a mile from the Leary exit.
May 2016HailLeary-Nickel size hail fell along Interstate 30 near Leary.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLeary-An 18 Wheeler was blown onto its side between mile marker 217 and 218 on Interstate 30 just east of Leary. Large limbs were also blown onto Interstate 30.
May 2016HailLeary-Half dollar size hail fell east of Leary.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLeary-Spotters estimated 80 mph winds about 4 miles west of Nash.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindLeary-Winds were estimated to be near 60 TO 70 mph from local Emergency Manager.
June 2004Flash FloodLeary-High water across FM 1398 and 58.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLeary-Numerous trees down.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindLeary-Trees toppled near a school along Hwy 67.
October 1996HailLeary-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bowie 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
Victory City1.6 miles18
Red Lick2.0 miles18
Red Springs3.8 miles18
Nash4.3 miles18
Hooks4.3 miles13
Red Bank4.9 miles13
Barkman4.9 miles13
Wamba5.2 miles13

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 LearyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981738The 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 1361025. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.