BlockFannin, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goliad North census division. It stands on Road Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fannin quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fannin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Fannin between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,631 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-35 |
| 16 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 59 |
| 3 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 05132009 (BEGO RD.) |
| 5 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11206 HWY 59 |
| 20 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUNSET RD. FIRE |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 59 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fannin in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Fannin | $500,000 | The public reported golf ball-sized hail near Weesatche at 2010 CST. At 2015 CST the public reported golf ball-sized hail at Fannin near Coleto Creek. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fannin | $5,000 | Damage occurred to the roof of a home near the intersection of Leisure Lane and Sunset Road. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Fannin | $5,000 | Quarter sized hail was reported in the community of Fannin. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Fannin | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Fannin | - | Flash flooding was reported in Fannin, with water entering a few homes and a business along U.S. 59.| |
| March 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Fannin | - | Sheriff office report of funnel cloud along Highway 59 moving toward Victoria county. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fannin | - | 60 mph wind |
| November 2001 | Hail | Fannin | - | 3 MILES E OF FANNIN. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Fannin | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Fannin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5433971 | The 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 1373703. 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.