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Tye, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Abilene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79563. The Survey maps it on the Abilene West quadrangle. 1,176 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,795 feet above sea level.

Tye within Taylor County

Population over time

3 figures

Tye grew from 1,158 to 1,176 between 2000 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
20001,158
20101,242+84 (+7%)
20201,176-66 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

163 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Tye between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,984 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 were 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/undetermined63
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use28
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Firearms and explosives use1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAPITOL
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONGRESS
3 September 2014Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH 1ST
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 20 MM 281 AND WEST STAMFORD ST.
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service5318 TAOS
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOVERLAND
27 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 707 @ DRUMMOND RD
21 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTEXAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tye: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kendall-1CopperOccurrence1916

Every working recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tye in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 26 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 5 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
June 2002HailTye5 hurt, $150,000Baseball size hail moved through the community of Tye causing significant damage to homes and automobiles. Five people were injured by the hail and broken glass.
March 2020Tornado (EF1)Tye$60,000Power flashes were reported by local law enforcement officials on the south side of Tye. |A NWS Storm Survey verified the tornado mostly impacted the south side of Tye. The tornado took the roof of a manufactured home on the south side of Tye, it damaged playground equipment at Ryster Park, and destroyed a nearby metal carport. This EF-1 tornado touched down briefly. Tye Police assisted with this damage survey.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTye$60,000A roof was blown off a house, a cinder block building received heavy damage which included two-thirds of the south wall and a large roll-up door was blown down. Also, several power lines were blown down.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindTye$60,000Eighty MPH thunderstorm winds damaged several manufactured homes.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindTye$30,000Roof damage occurred from high winds to buildings in Tye.
May 2005HailTye$25,000The large hail at Tye maxed out in size at this time. Damage consisted mostly of dents on cars.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindTye$25,000Wind damage to roofs and trees was reported.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindTye$20,000High winds blew the roof off a motel.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindTye$6,000A barn was destroyed due to high winds near Tye.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindTye$5,000Wind gusts to 70 mph were reported by the sheriff's office at the Tye Truck Stop on Interstate 20. Wind damage to signs and parked trucks occurred.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindTye$2,000Several outbuildings overturned by high winds.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindTye$1,000A carport was blown over
June 2002Tornado (F0)Tye$500Eye witness at a truck stop in Tye saw the tornado coming at her. She alerted the people inside the truck stop to take shelter. She said the Tornado dissipated right before hitting the gas pumps.
June 2025HailTye-Public report of ping pong ball sized hail near Tye.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTye-There were power poles blown down in Tye. The time was estimated from radar.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindTye-An Emergency Manager team reported damage to multiple buildings at Taylor Electric Coop facility, 4 miles west of Tye. The roofing was peeled back, garage doors were bent and imploded and power poles knocked down. An NWS Storm Survey team determined a significant microburst occurred with wind gusts estimated at 85 to 95 mph.
March 2020HailTye-The KTXS Facebook page indicated 2 inch hail.
May 2020HailTye-The public posted a picture on Facebook of 2 inch hail.
May 2019Flash FloodTye-The public reported homes and buildings flooded in Tye.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Tye-This tornado was a brief touch down that was reported and photographed by a meteorologist from Dyess Airforce Base.
May 2017HailTye-The public reported quarter size hail 1 mile northeast of Tye.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindTye-Tye Police Department reported a small 10 by 10 foot metal building was destroyed and a couple of small 4 by 8 foot signs were blown down by damaging thunderstorm winds. Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2016HailTye-A storm chaser reported dime to half dollar size hail southwest of Tye.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindTye-This thunderstorm wind gust was reported at Dyess Air Force Base.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTye-A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported in Tye.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindTye-Law Enforcement Officials reported damaging winds from a severe thunderstorm resulted in numerous power outages across Tye.
February 2008HailTye-A trained spotter reported hail covering the ground. Law enforcement officials reported vehicle accidents along Interstate 20 as a result of hail covering the highway.
April 2008Tornado (EF0)Tye-Storm chasers reported a brief tornado 2 miles northeast of Tye, or about 3/4 mile north of Interstate 20.
April 2008Tornado (EF0)Tye-Storm chasers reported a brief tornado just west of Tye off Interstate 20.
May 2005HailTye-Hail from a supercell thunderstorm fell on the community of Tye for several minutes.
July 2002HailTye-Golfball size hail reported at Tye.
May 2024HailTye-no account filed
April 2021HailTye-no account filed
May 2020HailTye-no account filed
May 2020HailTye-no account filed
May 2020HailTye-no account filed
May 2016HailTye-no account filed
May 2016HailTye-no account filed
April 2015HailTye-no account filed
June 2014HailTye-no account filed
April 2007HailTye-no account filed
June 2006HailTye-no account filed
May 2006HailTye-no account filed
May 2004HailTye-no account filed
June 2002HailTye-no account filed
August 2002HailTye-no account filed
November 2000HailTye-no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindTye-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
Caps6.0 miles15
Mount Pleasant6.8 miles15
Cozart7.0 miles15
Impact7.3 miles17
Abilene7.4 miles17
Merkel7.5 miles14
Wylie7.8 miles15
View7.9 miles15

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 TyeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q970285The 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 1348997. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.