Tennyson, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bronte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76953. It lies near Mount Margaret. The Survey maps it on the Tennyson quadrangle. It stands 1,883 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Harriet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tennyson quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Robert Lee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Tennyson between 2006 and 2017, burning about 2,074 acres in total. 3 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAYNER LANE FIRE |
| 10 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2017 | Natural | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POVERTY CANYON |
| 18 June 2008 | Natural | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUNIPER PEAK |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TENNYSON |
| 25 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDCAT FIRE |
| 15 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TEMPLIN |
| 23 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE,HWY 277 |
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tennyson in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Hail | Tennyson | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Tennyson | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Tennyson | - | Public reported golf ball size on social media, 2 miles east-northeast of Tennyson. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tennyson | - | A trained spotter reported two inch size hail south of Robert Lee. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tennyson | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tennyson | - | Public reported on social media ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tennyson | - | Trained spotter reported golf ball size hail. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Tennyson | - | The Coke County Sheriffs office reported ping pong sized hail. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennyson | - | The public estimated a wind gust to 60 mph 5 miles northwest of Tennyson. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Tennyson | - | This is a continuation of the tornado that developed in northern Tom Green county. The tornado dissipated near the community of Tennyson and remained in open country with only damage to trees. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Tennyson | - | Skywarn spotters reported tennis ball size hail near Tennyson. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Tennyson | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Tennyson | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennyson | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Tennyson | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennyson | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Tennyson | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawville | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pecan Mott | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bronte | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Robert Lee | 14.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fort Chadbourne | 17.9 miles | 13 | |
| Edith | 20.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sanco | 22.3 miles | 9 | |
| Silver | 30.9 miles | 10 |
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 Tennyson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4116355 | 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 1348370. 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.







