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Tyson, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Whitney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76622. The Survey maps it on the Aquilla quadrangle.

Tyson within Hill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

126 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Tyson between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,743 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use23
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHCR 2200
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined175 acresTexas A & M Forest Service364 HCR 2200
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL GHOLSON
3 September 2011Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMURPHY FIRE
28 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAVID SNIPES
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePAUL SMITH
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM933
14 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service996 FM 2114

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hill County

Storms near this place

6 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tyson in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016Thunderstorm WindTyson$10,000A small trailer was blown over into a ditch at FM 933 and Hill County Road 2114 by thunderstorm winds. Trees were also knocked down in that area.
June 2025Flash FloodTyson$5,000EM reported FM 1304 at HCR 2214 near Aquilla flooded and impassable.
May 2021HailTyson-A public report indicated quarter sized hail approximately 5 miles south of Aquilla, TX.
April 2018HailTyson-A trained spotter reported 2-inch diameter hail approximately 5 miles southwest of the city of Aquilla, TX.
April 2018HailTyson-A public report indicated quarter sized hail approximately 3 miles south-southwest of the city of Aquilla, TX.
April 2017HailTyson-A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail approximately 4 miles south-southwest of the city of Aquilla, TX.

Every storm recorded in Hill 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
Lebanon1.8 miles16
Aquilla3.8 miles15
Spivey Crossing4.6 miles16
Menlow6.4 miles15
Prairie Valley7.2 miles16
Woodland Hills8.7 miles16
Vaughan8.7 miles14
Abbott10.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379187. 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.