Abner, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Terrell South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75142. The Survey maps it on the Elmo quadrangle. It stands 535 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Elmo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
290 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Abner between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,442 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 160 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 44 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1602 SUNDOWN |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 136B |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YELLOW |
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1511 HIGHLAND ACRES |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 103 OLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Abner: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abner in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abner | $10,000 | Part of the roof was torn off a house on CR 103 between Kaufman and Abner. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Abner | $7,000 | A report of two inch hail was received via social media south of Terrell. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Abner | - | Emergency management reported multiple sections of Highway 2727 flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Mound | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ola | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Ridge | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hiram | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cartwright | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Post Oak Bend | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Rand | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Post Oak Bend City | 6.5 miles | 10 |
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 Abner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076396 | 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 1384213. 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.



