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Farmers Branch, Texas

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75234. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle. 35,991 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 463 feet above sea level.

Farmers Branch within Dallas County

On record in Farmers Branch

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

Farmers Branch grew from 28,616 to 35,991 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
201028,616
202035,991+7,375 (+26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

96 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Farmers Branch between 2005 and 2017, burning about 26 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3860 WALNUT HILL
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHAPEL CREEK
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2731 NORTHWEST HWY
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHAPEL
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFOREST
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMONTFORD
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOMBARDY
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHAPEL CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Farmers Branch: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Farrow Brothers Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sparkman Washing & Screening PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmers Branch in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 12 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1999Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch2 hurt, $10,000A partially constructed roof collapsed due to thunderstorm winds.
November 2025LightningFarmers Branch$200,000A public report indicated a house fire caused by lightning on Phyllis Lane in Farmers Branch, TX.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch$200,000Intense thunderstorm winds were estimated at 80 mph in Valley Ranch.
May 2025LightningFarmers Branch$100,000Lightning struck a house in the Valley Ranch neighborhood, starting a fire.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch$75,000Strong thunderstorm winds caused mostly tree and minor wind damage across Farmers Branch in an area boxed between Bee St, Valwood Pkwy, Brookhaven College, and Valley View Lane. Large tree branches were broken, older trees were uprooted, and a few trees fell on cars. Shingle damage and some roof decking was removed off a few homes. The corner roof of a church was damaged, too.
May 2011HailFarmers Branch$30,000no account filed
April 2011HailFarmers Branch$25,000Ping pong ball sized hail was covering the ground in Farmers Branch.
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Farmers Branch$20,000A brief tornado is believed to have moved northwest across part of Farmers Branch near the Johnson's Outpost YMCA on Valley View Lane. Part of the roof was torn off of the building, and the roof was blown to the northwest. Other tree damage was noted stretching to the northwest into the nearby neighborhood. Maximum winds with this tornado were estimated at 85 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch$20,000An apartment complex was damaged along Villa Creek in Farmers Branch. A significant portion of the roof was peeled off and scattered across a neighborhood to the northeast.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch$7,000A 17-story office building near I-35 and 635 had 10-20 windows blown out due to severe thunderstorm winds.
May 2009Flash FloodFarmers Branch$5,000Numerous roads in northeast Dallas were flooded. Also, Walnut Hill Lane at Goodnight Lane was flooded.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch$200Trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
March 2026Flash FloodFarmers Branch-A few roads were closed or impacted due to flood waters, including Luna Rd, Tantor Rd, and Goodnight Ln at Walnut Hill Ln.
December 2024Flash FloodFarmers Branch-Texas Department of Transportation reported multiple lanes blocked on Interstate 35 East near Valwood Parkway due to high water.
June 2018HailFarmers Branch-A social media report indicated ping pong ball sized hail near the intersection of Interstate 635 and McArthur Blvd in the city of Dallas, TX.
May 2011FloodFarmers Branch-Four to five inches of water was standing at the intersection of Marsh Ln and Northhaven Rd in Farmer's Branch.
June 2009HailFarmers Branch-Nickel size hail was reported at the intersection of I-635 and Marsh Ln in Farmers Branch.
April 2008HailFarmers Branch-Penny-size hail was reported between Farmers Branch and northwest Dallas.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch-DFW observing station reported a wind gust of 68 MPH.
April 1994HailFarmers Branch-Golf ball-size hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 75 and Interstate 635.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch-no account filed
July 1996HailFarmers Branch-no account filed
March 1996HailFarmers Branch-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindFarmers Branch-no account filed
May 1995HailFarmers Branch-no account filed
May 1994HailFarmers Branch-no account filed
May 1994HailFarmers Branch-no account filed
May 1994HailFarmers Branch-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Carrollton1.9 miles27
Gribble2.0 miles27
Highland3.6 miles27
Oldham3.8 miles24
Inwood4.0 miles24
Trinity Mills4.1 miles27
Addison4.3 miles24
Bethel4.9 miles27

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 Farmers BranchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q980067The 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 1335711. 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.