Fashing, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Campbellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78008. The Survey maps it on the Fashing quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Tordia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Fashing quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Fashing between 2006 and 2020, burning about 627 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 791 GRASS FIRE |
| 24 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEWART GRASS FIRE |
| 21 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 99 TANK FIRE |
| 20 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON EAST EXCELSION |
| 14 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOE BISHOP |
| 10 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON OIL CR370 |
| 7 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FASHING GAS PLANT-1 |
| 2 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TXDOT - FM99 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Fashing: 12 producers, 12 past producers, 3 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sulfur, Uranium, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayil Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Conoco Hurt Pit | Uranium, Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Fashing Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Fashing Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Bozo Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Butler Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Butler Pit | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Carriger Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Duziuk Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fashing in 1 storm report in 2006: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Fashing | - | Showers and thunderstorms in the Fashing area produced between 3 and 4 inches of rain in the late evening period. Flash flooding developed quickly and continued into the pre-midnight hours, closing FM791 and FM2924. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peggy | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Campbellton | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| McCoy | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Leal | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Black Hill | 17.1 miles | 8 | |
| Coughran | 17.9 miles | 9 | |
| Christine | 18.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasanton | 21.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Fashing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110363000 | 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 1379755. 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.







