Farrsville, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Burkeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75977. It stands on Jordan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roganville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Farrsville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,320 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 46 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farrsville in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Farrsville | $50,000 | Numerous large trees were uprooted or snapped along Highway 63 west|of Farrsville, including County Roads 1012, 1064, and 1065. At least two houses had|trees land on them. The tornado ended along US Highway 87 south of Mayflower, where|a mobile home lost its roof and a couple of large trees were snapped near a church. The peak winds in the tornado was estimated at 110 MPH. The path was 12.2 miles long and 800 yards wide. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farrsville | $2,000 | Trees were blown down around Farrsville. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farrsville | $2,000 | A lumber company near Farrsville reported a tree down across road. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Farrsville | - | Large hail was reported near Farrsville. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farrsville | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farrsville | - | Several trees blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattox | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Indian Hills | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jamestown | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Wiergate | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Shankleville | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Weeks Settlement | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Burkeville | 7.5 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122564530 | 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 1379754. 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.




