Tivydale, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Harper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78624. It stands on Devils Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roundhead quadrangle. It stands 1,860 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1894 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Roundhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Tivydale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 611 acres in total. 2 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2325 PUMP STATION |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4153 FRIEDRICH RD. |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2093 & WHITE OAK RD. |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | USENER RD |
| 29 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 84 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAGLE |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIRACUSA 2 ACRE FIRE |
| 12 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tivydale in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 9 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Tivydale | $500,000 | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. This closed roads south of Tivydale. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Tivydale | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail south of Tivydale. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Tivydale | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Harper in rural Gillespie County. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Tivydale | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail along Harper Hwy. north of Kerrville. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tivydale | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph along Hwy 290 east of Harper. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Tivydale | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail along Hwy 290 east of Harper. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Tivydale | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail near the intersection of Hwy 290 and Reeh Rd. between Fredericksburg and Harper. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Tivydale | - | Heavy rain from Tropical storm Bill caused flash flooding closing low water crossings on FM2093 along the Pedernales River near Tivydale. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Tivydale | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Tivydale | - | no account filed |
| February 2013 | Hail | Tivydale | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Tivydale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Ranch | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Harper | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fredericksburg | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hilltop | 12.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cherry Mountain | 13.0 miles | 11 | |
| Doss | 13.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cain City | 15.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rocky Hill | 16.3 miles | 11 |
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 Tivydale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7810458 | 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 1379166. 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.





