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Quinlan, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quinlan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75474. The Survey maps it on the Quinlan quadrangle. 1,414 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 512 feet above sea level.

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Quinlan within Hunt County

Population over time

2 figures

Quinlan grew from 1,394 to 1,414 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
20101,394
20201,414+20 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

286 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Quinlan between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,599 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 burning200
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7873 FM 2101
8 September 2017Debris and open burning3.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service660 CR 2266
8 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1667 PR 2541
6 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
6 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 276 & FM 751
4 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 337
30 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFINSTED FIRE
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use39 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGREEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hunt County

Storms near this place

58 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quinlan in 58 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 24 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016HailQuinlan$300,000Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail in and near Quinlan, TX.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$100,000Thunderstorm winds produced widespread damage near Quinlan and across areas south of Greenville in Hunt County. The strongest hit areas were along a line from near Cash to Lone Oak. Winds downed numerous trees, power lines and damaged several structures in these areas.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a truck and trees.
May 2007Flash FloodQuinlan$40,000Cars were stranded in high water near Quinlan. Three homes were flooded and had to be evacuated in the Rolling Oaks subdivision on the south shore of Lake Tawakoni. Several roads were flooded and barricaded, and a culvert on Northshore Road near Lake Tawakoni was washed out.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$20,000County officials reported several trees blown down and a few structures damaged by strong winds.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$15,000One house roof, one barn roof and a shed were destroyed by high winds.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$10,000Strong winds blew a large tree onto two pickup trucks.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$10,000no account filed
April 2026HailQuinlan$7,000Report of 1.75 inch hail from Spotter Network.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$5,000A porch was blown off a house north of Quinlan.
October 1996Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$2,000no account filed
October 2014Thunderstorm WindQuinlan$1,000A report was received via social media of multiple trees down in Quinlan, TX.
April 2026HailQuinlan-Fire department reported 1.5 inch hail in Quinlan.
November 2022HailQuinlan-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Quinlan, TX.
October 2019HailQuinlan-Emergency management reported nickel sized hail in the city of Quinlin, TX.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-A trained spotter reported a 60 MPH wind gust near the intersection of FM 751 and FM 276 east of the city of Quinlan, TX.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-Amateur radio reported a 60 MPH wind gust approximately 3 miles south of the city of Quinlan, TX.
May 2017HailQuinlan-A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail just south of the city of Quinlan, TX.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-Media storm chasers reported approximately 100 yards of power lines and power poles blown down in Quinlan. A shed was destroyed on Eastridge Drive.
April 2012HailQuinlan-Penny sized hail was reported in Quinlan.
January 2010HailQuinlan-Quarter size hail fell in the city of Quinlan.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-Estimated 70 MPH wind gust at Lake Tawakoni.
May 2007Flash FloodQuinlan-Water was running over roads and yards. Also, FM 1565 south of Highway 276 was closed due to flooding.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-Winds in excess of 60 mph were reported.
December 2006Flash FloodQuinlan-Flooding was reported at CR 1565 and CR 35.
January 2005Flash FloodQuinlan-Several roads were closed due to high water, including: FM 36, FM 118, FM 1565, and the Interstate 30 north and south frontage roads at East Caddo and West Caddo Creeks.
December 2002HailQuinlan-Hail covered Highway 34 south of Quinlan.
September 2001Flash FloodQuinlan-Water was reported over roads south of town.
December 2001Flash FloodQuinlan-Highway 75 at Quinlan was closed due to high water.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-Large trees blown down.
May 1999Flash FloodQuinlan-Thunderstorms caused major flooding in the city.
January 1999Flash FloodQuinlan-Highway 26 was flooded by thunderstorm rains.
December 1998Flash FloodQuinlan-Numerous county roads were closed, west of Quinlan, due to heavy rains.
March 1995HailQuinlan-One house roof, one barn roof and a shed were destroyed by high winds.
October 1994Tornado (F0)Quinlan-At West Tawakoni (6 E Quinlan), a brief tornado touchdown was reported.
April 1994Tornado (F0)Quinlan-A brief tornado touchdown was reported on the west side of Lake Tawakoni.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-Trees and telephone poles were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2023HailQuinlan-no account filed
May 2004HailQuinlan-no account filed
May 2004HailQuinlan-no account filed
March 2002HailQuinlan-no account filed
May 1999HailQuinlan-no account filed
May 1999HailQuinlan-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-no account filed
October 1997Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-no account filed
July 1996HailQuinlan-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-no account filed
April 1995HailQuinlan-no account filed
November 1994HailQuinlan-no account filed
April 1994HailQuinlan-no account filed
April 1994HailQuinlan-no account filed
April 1994HailQuinlan-no account filed
April 1994HailQuinlan-no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindQuinlan-no account filed
April 1993HailQuinlan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hunt 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
Harris2.8 miles13
Boles Home3.1 miles13
Hawk Cove3.4 miles13
West Tawakoni5.7 miles13
Cash6.0 miles13
Union Valley6.2 miles11
Whitehead7.2 miles10
Weiland8.1 miles6

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 QuinlanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981491The 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 1344664. 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.