Tira, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Hopkins-Sulphur Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Tira quadrangle. 319 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresTira grew from 248 to 319 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 248 | |
| 2010 | 297 | +49 (+20%) |
| 2020 | 319 | +22 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tira quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Tira between 2003 and 2019, burning about 145 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016112 |
| 2 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7/2/14 TX SH 154 GRASS FIRE |
| 27 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6/26/14 FM 1529 N GRASS FIRE |
| 24 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016103 |
| 19 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tira: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Right Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tira in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Tira | 2 hurt, $25,000 | Extensive damage from a possible tornado. The damage path was apparently intermittent as it paralleled F.M. 1536 from Tira to one mile north of Nelta; a distance of around four miles. A barn was destroyed and numerous trees and fences were damaged. Minor damage was reported on two homes. Two minor injuries from flying glass were also reported. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tira | - | The Hopkins County Sheriff reported a large tree down near the intersection of Hwy 19 and FM 1536 just west of Tira. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Tira | - | Multiple road closures were required in the county, mostly due to flooding along and near the Sulphur River. A few of those closings included FM 71 and FM 1571 at the Sulphur River. The sheriff's department reported additional high water problems on FM 900 between Saltillo and FM 69. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tira | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Tira | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tira | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Tira | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tira | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weir | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sandhill | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Grove | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Addran | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| New Birthright | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Birthright | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Harpers Crossing (historical) | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Shirley | 4.2 miles | 9 |
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 Tira | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q926344 | 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 1380666. 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.




