Fairview, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76525. It lies near Howard Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Evant quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evant quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
109 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,742 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2009 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCGILVERY/LIGHTNING |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LC |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EVANT INTERSECTION |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LC |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DON KENNEDY |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HC |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HC |
| 21 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CITY OF EVANT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| McGirk | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Slab Crossing | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ballard Crossing | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ohio | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Parsley Crossing | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Shive | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Schoolerville | 9.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379749. 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.





