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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.

Tynan within Bee County

Population over time

2 figures

Tynan 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.

YearPeople Change
2010278
2020254-24 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

75 since 2006

Regional 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTX 359
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15/19
5 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15/18
20 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service796
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use13 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 888 COUNTY LINE
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service13/26
15 September 2012Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service12-DEC
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIGHT - O - WAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bee County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2015Thunderstorm WindTynan$50,000Winds 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 2010Tornado (EF1)Tynan$20,000An 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 2023Thunderstorm WindTynan$5,000A shed and mesquite trees were blown down northwest of Tynan near Farm to Market Road 796.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindTynan$1,000A NWS Storm Survey found large trees down near Tynan. Several large metal highway signs were broken off at base.
February 2024Funnel CloudTynan-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 2010FloodTynan-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 2003Thunderstorm WindTynan-15 power poles blown down along Highway 359. Dime size hail was also reported.
April 1997HailTynan-NWS spotter report of dime sized hail.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindTynan-NWS spotter report of strong thunderstorm wind gust.
August 1996Flash FloodTynan-no account filed
September 1996Tornado (F1)Tynan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bee 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
Olmos5.9 miles11
Skidmore7.0 miles9
Papalote8.2 miles9
River Oaks Number 2 Colonia9.6 miles9
Yougeen11.0 miles9
Clareville12.2 miles9
Salazar Heights Colonia15.0 miles9
Blue Berry Hill15.2 miles9

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 TynanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982107The 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.