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Tilden, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tilden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78072. It stands on Leoncita Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tilden quadrangle. 190 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.

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Tilden within McMullen County

Population over time

2 figures

Tilden fell from 261 to 190 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
2010261
2020190-71 (-27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tilden in 2008, burning about 100 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
11 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in McMullen County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tilden: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zeolites. 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
Henry Martin QuarryZeolitesOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in McMullen County

Storms near this place

42 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tilden in 42 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 5 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
April 2010Flash FloodTilden$100,000Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall trained for much of the night across northern McMullen county, dumping up to 10-15 inches of rainfall and producing widespread flash flooding. Highways 16, 72, and 99 were all closed near Tilden due to flooded roads. A portion of FM 3445 was washed out and a vehicle swept into the high water. A successful high water rescue was performed.
October 2017FloodTilden$50,000The flood wave continued to produce major river flooding along the Nueces River as it moved downstream through McMullen County during the first couple of weeks of October. Roads near the river were flooded. Hunting cabins, pump jacks, tank batteries, and irrigation pumps were flooded.
October 2013FloodTilden$50,000Farm and ranch equipment were inundated by major flooding along the Nueces River. Some oil field equipment were flooded also.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindTilden$5,000Power poles snapped along F.M. 624 roughly 8 miles west of Hwy 16.
May 2013HailTilden$2,000Spotter reported quarter sized hail occurred northeast of Cross.
March 2026HailTilden-Loma Alta Co-OP observer estimated hail dime to quarter sized. Time estimated from radar.
March 2024HailTilden-Emergency manager reported golf ball size hail north of Tilden on TX-16.
August 2022FloodTilden-Major flooding occurred in southern and central McMullen County as a flood wave continued to move down the Nueces River. Major flooding cut off extensive portions of the flood plain with several roads flooded.
August 2022Flash FloodTilden-Water was over the roads near Loma Alta.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindTilden-A personal weather station near Tilden measure wind gusts up to 65 mph.
September 2018FloodTilden-The Nueces River near Tilden reached major flood stage on the 21st. This caused major lowland flooding of livestock, roads, irrigation pumps and tank batteries. Fencing was damaged along with a few hunting cabins.
October 2018FloodTilden-Flood wave reached McMullen County on the 20th from the heavy rainfall that occurred over the upper Nueces River watershed. Major flooding continued until the end of the month. Major flooding from west of Tilden to south of Calliham occurred. Roads and bridges near the river were flooded.
May 2017HailTilden-Storm chaser reported half dollar sized hail.
September 2016Flash FloodTilden-Sheriff Office reported heavy rain and flooding of roads around Tilden.
August 2016Flash FloodTilden-Water covered the road to an unknown depth at the intersection of Highway 16 and Farm to Market Road 791 near Cross.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindTilden-McMullen County Sheriff Deputy estimated wind speeds to around 60 mph southwest of Tilden.
April 2015HailTilden-A FedEx driver reported quarter sized hail on Highway 72 4 miles west of Tilden.
May 2015Funnel CloudTilden-McMullen County Sheriff Deputy reported a funnel cloud north of Tilden.
May 2015Flash FloodTilden-Farm to Market Road 624 was closed from the county line to Highway 16 due to high water.
May 2012HailTilden-McMullen County Sheriffs Office reported golf ball sized hail near Highway 16 just north of Tilden.
May 2012Funnel CloudTilden-Deputies reported a funnel cloud was south of Tilden.
March 2012Flash FloodTilden-McMullen County Sheriffs Office reported County Road 308 east of Tilden was closed due to high water.
March 2007HailTilden-Penny sized hail reported in Cross.|
July 2007Flash FloodTilden-Between 3 and 6 inches of heavy rain resulted in flash flooding of small creeks and low lying areas along many Farm to Mark Roads thoughout the county as well Highway 99 in northeast McMullen county, which was closed.|
April 2006HailTilden-Nickle to quarter size hail reported on Highway 16, south of Tilden.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindTilden-Large tree limbs down across city.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindTilden-County sheriff reported several large trees down in Tilden.
November 2001HailTilden-10 miles east of cross. North central part of county
March 1998Thunderstorm WindTilden-NWS spotter report of numerous trees blown down and uprooted. A barn door was demolished along with a shed and a wind mill.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindTilden-Spotter report of numerous trees downed with several windows being shattered to local homes.
May 1997HailTilden-Spotter report of golfball sized hail resulting in numerous windows being shattered across town.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindTilden-Sheriff report of several large trees downed by strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 1997HailTilden-NWS spotter report of golfball sized hail.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindTilden-Sheriff report of strong and gusty thunderstorm wind.
June 2009HailTilden-no account filed
February 2005HailTilden-no account filed
June 2005HailTilden-no account filed
December 2002HailTilden-no account filed
December 2002HailTilden-no account filed
May 2000HailTilden-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTilden-no account filed
May 1997HailTilden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McMullen 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
Cross9.9 miles9
Calliham10.2 miles12
Crowther12.1 miles12
Zella14.7 miles9
Loma Alta23.6 miles9

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 TildenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q975136The 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 1348565. 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.