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Fannett, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the LaBelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77705. The Survey maps it on the Fannett West quadrangle.

Fannett within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Fannett between 2008 and 2015, burning about 48 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
13 August 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 207
2 June 2011Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGAULDING RD GRASS FIRE
25 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROLLINS TRUCKING
20 April 2011Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceI-10 EAST @ 835 GRASS FIRE
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceI-10 EAST 834 GRASS FIRE
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceI-10 EAST BOUND 835 GRASS FIRE
14 February 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service244-79-15
7 December 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePC MARKET FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fannett: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite. 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
Fannett Dome MineSulfur, Limestone, Ultra Pure, HalitePast ProducerHalite
Fannett Dome Sulfur MineSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fannett in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2006Flash FloodFannett1 killed, $10,000no account filed
September 2007Flash FloodFannett$50,000Heavy rain associated with Hurricane Humberto caused water to enter some homes near Fannett, and also close some service roads along I-10 in the Beuamont area.
April 2009Flash FloodFannett$20,000KFDM-TV and the public reported widespread flash flooding across central and eastern Jefferson County. Several major roadways were underwater in the Fannett and Labelle areas. Numerous roadways and underpasses were flooded in Beaumont, including the intersection of Madison Road and Irving Street. Cars were stalled and submerged in floodwaters on Jimmy Johnson Boulevard between Highway 347 and 9th Avenue in Port Arthur.
January 2024Flash FloodFannett-The gages at the Green Acres Screw Gate and Mayhaw Bayou measured levels consistent with minor flooding from Beaumont to Fannett.
May 2024HailFannett-Ping pong ball sized hail reported in Fannett.
February 2017Funnel CloudFannett-The Jefferson County PD reported a funnel cloud near Fannett. Multiple pictures were also posted to social media.
August 2010Funnel CloudFannett-The public and KBMT-TV reported a well defined funnel cloud to the west of Bayou Din Golf Course, which was confirmed by photos.
January 1998HailFannett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Morey3.5 miles10
Galloway3.8 miles12
Cheek4.7 miles12
Hamshire5.5 miles10
La Belle5.7 miles12
Lovell Lake6.7 miles12
Hillebrandt7.3 miles12
Taylor Landing7.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357219. 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.