Fairbanks, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77040. The Survey maps it on the Hedwig Village quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1915 USGS Hillendahl quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Hillendahl quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Hedwig Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hedwig Village quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Hedwig Village quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Fairbanks between 2011 and 2020, burning about 35 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 | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E004 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E013, E067 |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | ROADSIDE |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A5,D4,D5,E5,E50,E66,E77,L4,L38,M62,SF57 |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 688 |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A77, D005, E066, E077, HM1022, SF030 |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E013 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E067 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairbanks in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairbanks | $30,000 | Loose gravel roofing material was blown from the top of a building into a parking lot causing extensive window damage to numerous vehicles at the Harris County Appraisal District office. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Fairbanks | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused several streets to flood in and around the Spring Branch area. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Fairbanks | $3,000 | Quarter size hail was observed near Jersey Village. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Fairbanks | $1,000 | Penny size hail occurred at the intersection of Highway 290 and Fairbanks North Houston Road. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Fairbanks | - | There were numerous reports of quarter to golf ball sized hail around the west and northwest sides of the Houston area. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Fairbanks | - | Dime to penny sized hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 290 and Fairbanks North Houston Road. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Fairbanks | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Fairbanks | - | Dime to quarter sized hail reported near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Clay Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dow Acres | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Northwest Crossing | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Carver Dale | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lois | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Branch Acres | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Creekside Estates South | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Candlelight Forest West | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Westways | 2.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1373692. 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.









