Tuxedo, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stamford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79553. The Survey maps it on the Tuxedo quadrangle. It stands 1,683 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1891 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tuxedo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Tuxedo between 2006 and 2020, burning about 452 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 August 2006 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALIFORNIA CREEK 3 |
| 30 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALIFORNIA CREEK 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuxedo in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Tuxedo | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Tuxedo | - | Public report of quarter size hail was from mPing. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuxedo | - | An Amateur Radio Operator reported 4 telephone poles knocked down on Highway 92. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Tuxedo | - | Intersection of State Highway 6 and FM 1636 is flooded and impassable. Also, numerous|low water crossings were flooded throughout Jones County. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Tuxedo | - | Facebook Post from the public showed Highway 92 in Tuxedo flooded. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuxedo | - | The public reported numerous tree limbs blown down in Tuxedo. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Tuxedo | - | Hen egg size hail was reported on FM Road 1636, halfway between Anson and Stamford. The time was estimated by radar. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Tuxedo | - | Major roads were reported flooded. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Tuxedo | - | Water was reported over the road at US 83 and County Road 159. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Tuxedo | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Tuxedo | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Tuxedo | - | 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 Tuxedo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23817790 | 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 1379185. 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.





