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Fairview, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75563. The Survey maps it on the Cunningham Creek quadrangle.

Fairview within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42,082 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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 burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural9
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY.11 WEST
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 348
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 182
5 September 2000Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 372
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined41,050 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBEAR CREEK FIRE
4 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 14 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Knight-Field DepositIron, StoneOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Bear CreekIronOccurrence
Bear Creek DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
Bonanza Mining CompanyIronPast Producer
DuncanIronOccurrence
Duncan DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
HarrisIronOccurrence
Harris DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
John DavisIronOccurrence
John Davis DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFairview-Numerous trees were downed on Highway 11 west of Linden, trapping multiple vehicles.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFairview-Large trees were blown down across Highway 155 just southwest of Linden.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFairview-Trees were blown down across multiple roadways several miles west of Linden.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindFairview-Several trees were uprooted along County Road 1619 near and south of Highway 155 just southwest of Linden.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Fairview-Several trees were snapped along SR 155 Southwest of Linden, Texas. Powerlines were downed in that area as well. Several small trees and large branches were downed along CR 1574 as well. Maximum winds are estimated at 60-65 mph.

Every storm recorded in Cass County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lanier0.8 miles11
Caves Spring1.8 miles11
Pruett3.9 miles11
Bear Creek4.0 miles11
Linden4.6 miles11
Liberty5.7 miles11
Pruitt Lake6.6 miles12
Sheffield6.6 miles11

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 FairviewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q125156525The 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 1378284. 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.