BlockFawil, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75928. It stands on Hassle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bon Wier quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Wilson Lake quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Wilson Lake quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Bon Wier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bon Wier quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
251 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Fawil between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,256 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 118 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 | 118 |
| Debris and open burning | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9175 |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOVE |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 187 |
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 676 |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 673 |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 642 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fawil in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fawil | $2,000 | Trees were blown down onto Highway 190 just south of the FM-2626 intersection. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fawil | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down some power lines near Bon Wier. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Fawil | - | Media relayed a report of one inch hail. A photo was also posted on social media. |
| January 2016 | Hail | Fawil | - | A picture of golf ball size hail in Bon Weir was submitted via Facebook. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Fawil | - | Public reported ping pong to golf ball size hail one mile west of Bon Weir. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Fawil | - | The public reported quarter size hail 1 mile west of Bon Weir. |
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.
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 Q122595580 | 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 1379759. 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.