Tynan, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Skidmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78391. The Survey maps it on the Tynan quadrangle. 254 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 167 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTynan fell from 278 to 254 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 | 278 | |
| 2020 | 254 | -24 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1927 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tynan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Tynan between 2006 and 2020, burning about 254 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TX 359 |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15/19 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15/18 |
| 20 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 796 |
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 888 COUNTY LINE |
| 15 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13/26 |
| 15 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-DEC |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIGHT - O - WAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tynan in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tynan | $50,000 | Winds blew power poles down along a long stretch of Highway 359 between Tynan and Skidmore. Power poles and power lines were on the west bound lanes causing a road closure. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Tynan | $20,000 | An NWS Survey concluded and EF-1 tornado touched down approximately 1.5 miles southeast of Tynan, in a grain field south of FM 796. The tornado was approximately 1/4 mile wide, and on the ground for roughly 2.51 miles in San Patricio County before crossing into Bee County. The tornado then continued roughly another 5 miles to the east-southeast on the Bee and San Patricio County line, or just inside the Bee County line. Crops were flattened, several large crop sprinklers flipped over, a shed was partially destroyed, and power poles snapped along the path. Maximum wind speeds of 90 mph were estimated. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tynan | $5,000 | A shed and mesquite trees were blown down northwest of Tynan near Farm to Market Road 796. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tynan | $1,000 | A NWS Storm Survey found large trees down near Tynan. Several large metal highway signs were broken off at base. |
| February 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Tynan | - | Weak showers and thunderstorms across South Texas resulted in multiple reports and pictures of a 'cold-air' like funnel cloud over Bee County near Tynan and Skidmore. |
| January 2010 | Flood | Tynan | - | Water was reported over the road on FM 796, between FM 888 and SH 359. Water was reported over the road on FM 1349, from U.S. 59 to FM 797. FM 796 at CR 533 was closed due to flooding. Flooding of these roads, creeks, and lowland fields were observed several hours after the heavy rainfall had ended. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tynan | - | 15 power poles blown down along Highway 359. Dime size hail was also reported. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Tynan | - | NWS spotter report of dime sized hail. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tynan | - | NWS spotter report of strong thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Tynan | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Tynan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olmos | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Skidmore | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Papalote | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| River Oaks Number 2 Colonia | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Yougeen | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Clareville | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Salazar Heights Colonia | 15.0 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill | 15.2 miles | 9 |
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 Tynan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982107 | 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 1349008. 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.






