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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.

Tuscola within Taylor County

Population over time

2 figures

Tuscola 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.

YearPeople Change
2010742
2020850+108 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

158 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning44
Equipment and vehicle use28
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Smoking6
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism1
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
8 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE - BROWN & 1ST STREET
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2009Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1226 CR 150
25 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 150 & CR 676
2 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE - 642B CR 154
2 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1452 WARREN ST
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

44 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2004Tornado (F2)Tuscola2 hurt, $800,000A 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 2005HailTuscola$25,000The 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 2002Thunderstorm WindTuscola$2,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindTuscola$1,000Canopy of a gas station blown over
May 2025HailTuscola-An amateur radio operator reported 2 to 2.5 inch diameter size hail in Tuscola.
June 2025HailTuscola-Public report of quarter size hail 2.5 miles northeast of Tuscola.
February 2024HailTuscola-Public reported quarter size hail.
May 2024Flash FloodTuscola-Public reported minor to moderate flooding with the depth of the water knee deep. Also, 2.90 inches of rainfall was reported.
May 2024HailTuscola-An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail.
April 2024HailTuscola-Public reported quarter size hail.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindTuscola-Social media report of medium size tree limbs blown down in Tuscola.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindTuscola-From Tuscola to Wingate, there was widespread tree damage due to strong winds.
May 2017HailTuscola-The public reported quarter size hail mixed with pea size hail.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindTuscola-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 2015Funnel CloudTuscola-Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud between Tuscola and Lawn. The funnel cloud came within 500 feet of the ground.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindTuscola-A large car port sustained severe damage, and a large storage container was laying on its side. The time was estimated from radar.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindTuscola-A deputy reported part of a roof on the road near Tuscola.
July 2014Flash FloodTuscola-Law enforcement reported a stalled car due to high water at the intersection of County Road 142 and County Road 134.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindTuscola-A member of the public estimated a thunderstorm wind gust around 60 mph near Tuscola.
April 2012HailTuscola-Pea to quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of U.S. Highway 83 and 84, near Tuscola.
April 2012HailTuscola-A trained spotter reported copious amounts of nickel size hail with some stones as large as quarters.
May 2012HailTuscola-Pea to quarter size hail was reported in Tuscola.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindTuscola-A utility pole was reported down at the corner of County Road 254 and Farm to Market Road 613.
August 2007Flash FloodTuscola-Water was over Farm Road 613 between Buffalo Gap and Tuscola.
May 2006HailTuscola-Hail covered the ground from Tuscola to 6 miles southeast of Buffalo Gap
May 2002Tornado (F0)Tuscola-Eye witness reported a brief tornado just northeast of Happy Valley in southwestern Taylor County.
March 2002Tornado (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 2001HailTuscola-Hail up to the size of golf balls reported in Tuscola in southern Taylor County.
November 2000HailTuscola-Dime size hail was reported along the Runnels and Taylor county line.
April 2015HailTuscola-no account filed
April 2015HailTuscola-no account filed
April 2014HailTuscola-no account filed
May 2013HailTuscola-no account filed
May 2012HailTuscola-no account filed
March 2008HailTuscola-no account filed
May 2006HailTuscola-no account filed
May 2004HailTuscola-no account filed
April 2003HailTuscola-no account filed
April 2002HailTuscola-no account filed
March 2002HailTuscola-no account filed
September 2001HailTuscola-no account filed
July 1995HailTuscola-no account filed
July 1995HailTuscola-no account filed
May 1995HailTuscola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Ovalo2.6 miles12
Buffalo Gap5.1 miles15
Lawn5.7 miles13
Rogers6.4 miles13
Guion6.7 miles12
Bradshaw9.4 miles12
View10.3 miles15
Potosi11.1 miles14

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 TuscolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q975966The 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.