Tuscola, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jim Ned census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79562. The Survey maps it on the Tuscola quadrangle. 850 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,978 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTuscola grew from 742 to 850 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 | 742 | |
| 2020 | 850 | +108 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1890 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Tuscola quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
158 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Tuscola between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,193 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - BROWN & 1ST STREET |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1226 CR 150 |
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 150 & CR 676 |
| 2 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - 642B CR 154 |
| 2 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1452 WARREN ST |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
44 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuscola in 44 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 28 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Tuscola | 2 hurt, $800,000 | A quickly moving tornado tore a 10 mile path through southern Taylor County. This tornado hit the community of Tuscola, where it damaged the Jim Ned high school injuring two people. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Tuscola | $25,000 | The hail started to fall just to the southwest of Tuscola and eventually moved into Tuscola. At this point the storm damaged vehicles and roofs. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscola | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscola | $1,000 | Canopy of a gas station blown over |
| May 2025 | Hail | Tuscola | - | An amateur radio operator reported 2 to 2.5 inch diameter size hail in Tuscola. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Tuscola | - | Public report of quarter size hail 2.5 miles northeast of Tuscola. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Tuscola | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Tuscola | - | Public reported minor to moderate flooding with the depth of the water knee deep. Also, 2.90 inches of rainfall was reported. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tuscola | - | An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Tuscola | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscola | - | Social media report of medium size tree limbs blown down in Tuscola. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscola | - | From Tuscola to Wingate, there was widespread tree damage due to strong winds. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tuscola | - | The public reported quarter size hail mixed with pea size hail. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscola | - | A law enforcement official reported several power poles down by damaging thunderstorm winds just west and north of Tuscola. Radar showed a thunderstorm in the vicinity that most likely resulted in these damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Tuscola | - | Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud between Tuscola and Lawn. The funnel cloud came within 500 feet of the ground. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscola | - | A large car port sustained severe damage, and a large storage container was laying on its side. The time was estimated from radar. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscola | - | A deputy reported part of a roof on the road near Tuscola. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Tuscola | - | Law enforcement reported a stalled car due to high water at the intersection of County Road 142 and County Road 134. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscola | - | A member of the public estimated a thunderstorm wind gust around 60 mph near Tuscola. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Tuscola | - | Pea to quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of U.S. Highway 83 and 84, near Tuscola. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Tuscola | - | A trained spotter reported copious amounts of nickel size hail with some stones as large as quarters. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Tuscola | - | Pea to quarter size hail was reported in Tuscola. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuscola | - | A utility pole was reported down at the corner of County Road 254 and Farm to Market Road 613. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Tuscola | - | Water was over Farm Road 613 between Buffalo Gap and Tuscola. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Tuscola | - | Hail covered the ground from Tuscola to 6 miles southeast of Buffalo Gap |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Tuscola | - | Eye witness reported a brief tornado just northeast of Happy Valley in southwestern Taylor County. |
| March 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Tuscola | - | An Abilene TV station showed a brief tornado touchdown near the town of Tuscola. There were no injuries and no reported damage. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Tuscola | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls reported in Tuscola in southern Taylor County. |
| November 2000 | Hail | Tuscola | - | Dime size hail was reported along the Runnels and Taylor county line. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Tuscola | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Tuscola | - | 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.
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 Tuscola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q975966 | 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 1348931. 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.





