BlockFabens, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the El Paso East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79838. It lies near San Felipe Arroyo. The Survey maps it on the Clint quadrangle. 7,498 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,615 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFabens fell from 8,257 to 7,498 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 | 8,257 | |
| 2020 | 7,498 | -759 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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 El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Clint quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Clint quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Clint quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Clint quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fabens in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fabens | $75,000 | Thunderstorm outflow winds were estimated at 60 mph in Fabens, and resulted in power outages and a few downed trees. Lesser winds (50 mph) further northwest caused some unsecured trailer homes to blow over into some power poles. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fabens | $10,000 | Downburst winds estimated at 70 mph blew one tree over on a truck, while other fallen trees blocked streets in Fabens. Also, a roof was blown off a residence. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fabens | $10,000 | Very strong winds blew down power lines and unroofed several residences. Assistance was required by American Red Cross and the Fabens Volunteer Fire Department. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fabens | - | The Fabens Mesonet station run by the Texas Water Development Board recorded a peak gust of 62 mph. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Fabens | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanchez Colonia | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Isla | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cuadrilla | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tornillo | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Morning Glory | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Morning Glory Manor Colonia | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sunshine Acres Colonia | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Connington Colonia | 5.7 miles | 16 |
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 Fabens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981916 | 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 1357151. 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.
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.