Tom Bean, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75489. The Survey maps it on the Whitewright quadrangle. 930 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTom Bean fell from 1,045 to 930 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,045 | |
| 2020 | 930 | -115 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Whitesright quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Whitewright quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
114 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Tom Bean between 2005 and 2020, burning about 744 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GF |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KATY ROAD FIRE |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GF |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-197 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILD ROAD FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 11 FIRE |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2750 OLD IDA RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tom Bean in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 22 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Tom Bean | $40,000 | Emergency manager reported golf ball size and larger hail in Tom Bean. Trees and cars were damaged by the hail. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Tom Bean | $15,000 | A photo showed hail stones between 2 and 2.25 inches in diameter just east of Tom Bean. Damage to cars and home windows were also reported. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Tom Bean | $15,000 | Golfball to Baseball size hail fell in Tom Bean. The hail damaged vehicles. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tom Bean | $10,000 | Damage was reported to a property on Meadows Estate St southwest of Tom Beam. Garage doors were damaged and other loose outdoor objects were moved over 300 feet to the east. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Tom Bean | $10,000 | A social media report indicated golfball sized hail in the city of Tom Bean, TX. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Tom Bean | $7,000 | Emergency manager reported golf ball sized hail 1 mile north of Tom Bean. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Tom Bean | $4,000 | Hen Egg size hail fell one half mile west of Tom Bean. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Amateur radio operator reported 1.5 inch hail in Tom Bean. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Emergency Management reported quarter sized hail in Tom Bean. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Emergency management reported light coverage of hail up to quarter-size one mile north of Tom Bean. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail in Tom Bean, TX. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tom Bean | - | A storm chaser reported trees uprooted immediately south of the city of Tom Bean, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Emergency management reported quarter-sized hail in the city of Tom Bean, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Amateur radio reported half-dollar sized hail in the city of Tom Bean, TX. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Tom Bean. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Amateur radio operators reported nickel sized hail near the community of Tom Bean. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Amateur radio operators reported the hail grew to the size of quarters near the community of Tom Bean. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tom Bean | - | Large tree limbs were blown down near Tom Bean. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Report relayed by Norman Weather Forecast Office. |
| April 2000 | Flash Flood | Tom Bean | - | A water crossing was flooded by heavy thunderstorm rains. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Tangerine size hail was reported. |
| August 1994 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | Trees were blown down onto cars at a church. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Tom Bean | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mound | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Kentucky Town | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Whiterock | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ida | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Whitewright | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Luella | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Canaan | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Cannon | 5.6 miles | 7 |
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 Tom Bean | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q980306 | 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 1369993. 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.




