Fargo, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fargo-Odell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76384. The Survey maps it on the Northside quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Northside quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Fargo between 2008 and 2014, burning about 2,382 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARMSTRONG |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAN WHITE |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11000 HWY 283 |
| 10 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 924 E |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | METHVIN FIRE |
| 2 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCDONALD FIRE |
| 19 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARGO FIRE |
| 18 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 110 W #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fargo in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 15 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fargo | $5,000 | A house sustained roof damage from the strong winds. |
| November 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Fargo | - | This tornado began over far northern Wilbarger county before quickly moving into Jackson county, OK and continuing into Tillman county. No known damage occurred with this portion of the tornado. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Fargo | - | The hail was reported in White City. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fargo | - | Hail report gathered by the NSSL Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fargo | - | Hail report gathered by the NSSL Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fargo | - | Hail report gathered by the NSSL Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fargo | - | Hail report gathered by the NSSL Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fargo | - | Hail report gathered by the NSSL Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fargo | - | Hail report gathered by the NSSL Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fargo | - | Hail report gathered by the NSSL Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fargo | - | Hail report gathered by the NSSL Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fargo | - | Hail report gathered by the NSSL Severe Hail Verification Experiment (SHAVE). |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Fargo | - | This very brief tornado was seen by spotters touching down in open country. The tornado dissipated before crossing the Oklahoma-Texas state line. No damage was reported. The thunderstorm that produced this tornado went on to produce three tornadoes in south central Oklahoma in the early morning hours of May 8, 2003. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Fargo | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Fargo | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Fargo | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Fargo | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Fargo | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Doans | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| White City | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hinds | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Tolbert | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Odell | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Vernon | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Farmers Valley | 12.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357231. 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.



