Faulkner, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Powderly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75473. The Survey maps it on the Woodland 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.
- 1951 USGS Woodland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
95 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Faulkner between 1993 and 2016, burning about 1,597 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6306 |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 646 |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 30 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISH CAMP |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Faulkner in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Flood | Faulkner | - | Flooding continued across mainly the central portions of Lamar County after 2-4 inches of rain fell in 3 hours or less. Many roads remained flooded. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkner | - | Trees were blown down in several locations across Lamar 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pin Hook | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Slate Shoals | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Novice | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lone Star | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Medill | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Arthur City | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Walnut Ridge | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Midcity | 9.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379758. 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.




