Fairmount, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Hemphill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75948. It stands on South Prong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairmount quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1944 USGS Wiergate quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Wiergate quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fairdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wiergate quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Fairmount between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,359 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCKLAND CIRCLE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEECHWOOD 11 |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | GUIDRY |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | JAMES |
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAKELOW |
| 29 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 203 |
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON & 3315 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairmount in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Fairmount | $1,000 | Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along Lakeshore Drive east of the town of Fairmont, Texas. Several powerlines were also downed on either side of Toledo Beach Drive. Maximum winds are estimated at 65-70 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | Trees downed in the Fairmount community. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | A tree was blown down in the Six Mile community. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | A tree was blown onto a power line in Toledo Village. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Fairmount | - | High water across Willow Oak Road near Toledo Bend Lake. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Fairmount | - | Highway 87 near FM 3315 in the Fairmount community was closed due to high water. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | Trees and powerlines were downed near the Six Mile area south of Hemphill, Texas. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Fairmount | - | Hail reported along Hwy. 87. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Fairmount | - | Quarter sized hail in the community of Fairmount, Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarktown | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mason | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fairdale | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Yellowpine | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Stringtown | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Blackjack | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Hemphill | 11.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381857. 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.








