Daffan, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78724. It stands on Ferguson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Austin East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin East quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Austin quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Austin East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Austin East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Daffan between 1993 and 2016, burning about 377 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM973 |
| 1 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM969 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Daffan: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit & Plant No.4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daffan in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daffan | 2 hurt, $25,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that overturned a recreational vehicle on the east side of Austin. Two people in the RV were injured. There was also damage to the siding of nearby houses and some snapped large tree limbs. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Daffan | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in northeastern Austin. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Daffan | - | The tornado path began near the intersection of Commercial Park Drive and Old Manor Road with radar indicating a touchdown time near 2:58 am. Damage continued north through an industrial park where a business was destroyed and several others had roof damage. The tornado then crossed U.S. Highway 290 before entering the Walnut Place subdivision. Further damage to trees and homes occurred along Springdale Road and Happy Trail. One home on Happy Trail had most of its roof lifted off. Debris was noted in a large field just south of Ferguson Lane with the tornado path ending just west of the intersection of Ferguson Lane and Sansom Road. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decker | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Smoot | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Manor | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Walnut Forest | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Eubank Acres | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Abercrombie | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hornsby Bend | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| New Katy | 5.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034677. 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.








