Fairlie, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Commerce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75428. The Survey maps it on the Commerce North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Commerce North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
154 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Fairlie between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,405 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CREWS HELP FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROOSTER FIRE/CR 4510 |
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4505 |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 50 |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORSE PEN |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4319 CR 4509 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairlie in 1 storm report in 2015: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2015 | Flash Flood | Fairlie | - | Texas Department of Highways reported that low water crossings just southwest of Fairlie were 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jardin | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Durham | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Aberfoyle | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| South Sulphur | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Scatter Branch | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Commerce | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Wolfe City | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Jacobia | 8.2 miles | 8 |
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 Fairlie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5430537 | 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 1357168. 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.




