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Tunis, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Old River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77836. It stands on Reed Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tunis quadrangle.

Tunis within Burleson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

116 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Tunis between 1998 and 2020, burning about 328 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 burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2019Natural1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSNOOK MUTUAL AID
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1872
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSNOOKMUTUALAID
9 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6151 CR 296
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE
30 September 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3121
30 September 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3122
25 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURN BAN VIOLATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burleson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tunis in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2013: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindTunis$10,000Numerous reports of wind damage in Burleson County. Trees and powerlines downed along FM 1362 in Caldwell and trees downed along County Road 268 near Snook.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindTunis$5,000Trees and powerlines blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindTunis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burleson 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
Parker4.1 miles8
Snook5.1 miles9
Cooks Point5.6 miles8
Beaver Creek6.9 miles8
Chances Store7.4 miles11
Merle7.4 miles9
Davidson7.5 miles8
Center Line8.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1370209. 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.