Tigertown, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sumner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75486. It stands on Bergher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tigertown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Honey Grove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Honey Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tigertown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Tigertown between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,167 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 burning | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2216@2420 |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 37100 |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAM MAGNESS |
| 25 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9/2/15 GRASS FIRE |
| 17 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11038 |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS GRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tigertown in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigertown | 1 hurt, $5,000 | One mobile home was destroyed and another damaged. One person was hit in the face and cut by flying debris from the mobile homes. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Tigertown | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported 2-inch diameter hail in the city of Tigertown, TX. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Tigertown | $10,000 | Golfball sized hail fell in Tigertown which is approximately 12 miles west-northwest of Paris. |
| January 2010 | Hail | Tigertown | $5,000 | Quarter to golfball size hail fell in the town of Tigertown. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tigertown | $2,000 | A tree was blown down 1 mile south of Tigertown. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tigertown | - | Emergency Manager reported golf ball size hail at the Lamar and Fannin County line near the Tigertown community. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Tigertown | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported in Tigertown in western Fannin County. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Tigertown | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a barn and damaged the roof of a house. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Tigertown | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Tigertown | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Tigertown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxey | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Georgia | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Forest Hill | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Unity | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Globe | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| East Direct | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sumner | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Direct | 7.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369938. 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.







