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Fairview, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the McKinney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75069. It stands on Barksdale Creek. The Survey maps it on the McKinney West quadrangle. 10,372 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 630 feet above sea level.

Fairview within Collin County

On record in Fairview

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Fairview grew from 7,248 to 10,372 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.

YearPeople Change
20107,248
202010,372+3,124 (+43%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

106 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 2005 and 2017, burning about 230 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4001 N 75
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1414 S TENNESSEE
4 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0258
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service100 CENTRAL EXSPY
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-389
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceS AIRPORT RD
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-350
21 September 2011Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE UNIVERSITY & FM 1827

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Collin County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017HailFairview$200,000Storm Spotter reported tennis ball size hail near highway 121 and US 75.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindFairview$50,000The McKinney COOP observer reported large tree limbs and branches blown down.
April 2022Flash FloodFairview$25,000Fire and rescue reported a water rescue near the 5000 block of McKinney Ranch Parkway in McKinney, TX.
April 2022Flash FloodFairview$15,000Fire and Rescue reported a high water rescue near the intersection of Park View Avenue and Gerry R. Lane.
March 2019HailFairview$10,000A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail approximately 5 miles west-southwest of the city of McKinney, TX.
March 2019HailFairview$10,000A social media report indicated hen-egg size hail approximately 1 mile southeast of the intersection of Lake Forest Dr and Eldorado Parkway in the city of McKinney, TX.
April 2017HailFairview$5,000An storm spotter reported half dollar size hail near McKinney.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindFairview$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds damaged shingles on roofs, tore down wood fences, and broke tree limbs around Gardenia Lane in McKinney.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindFairview$2,000no account filed
March 2025HailFairview-An amateur radio reported ping pong ball sized hail at Hardin and Eldorado in McKinney.
March 2025HailFairview-Amateur radio operator reported ping pong ball sized hail just west of Fairview.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindFairview-A public report indicated widespread tree damage in Town Lake Park in the city of McKinney. Images included trees both snapped and uprooted.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindFairview-Between 5:34 and 5:41 AM, 63 mph wind gusts were measured at KTKI.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindFairview-The McKinney National Airport ASOS measured a 64 mph wind gust.
March 2017HailFairview-A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail 2 miles southwest of McKinney.
May 2015FloodFairview-Collin County Sheriff's Department reported that CR 117 was closed due to flooding.
June 2021HailFairview-no account filed
March 2017HailFairview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Collin 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
Wetsel2.1 miles11
Forest Grove2.9 miles12
McKinney2.9 miles11
Allen4.3 miles12
Buckner4.5 miles11
Lowry Crossing4.5 miles11
Winningkoff4.8 miles12
Milligan4.9 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 Q277459The 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 1335618. 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.