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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Tunis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1998Regional 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 burning | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2019 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SNOOK MUTUAL AID |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1872 |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SNOOKMUTUALAID |
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6151 CR 296 |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3121 |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3122 |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN BAN VIOLATION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunis | $10,000 | Numerous 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunis | $5,000 | Trees and powerlines blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Snook | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Cooks Point | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Beaver Creek | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Chances Store | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Merle | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Davidson | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Center Line | 8.3 miles | 8 |
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.



