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Fawn Lake, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It lies in ZIP code area 77493. The Survey maps it on the Katy quadrangle.

Fawn Lake within Fort Bend County

On record in Fawn Lake

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Fawn Lake between 2003 and 2019, burning about 8 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3

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
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKATY FREEWAY
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMASON RD
27 July 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 61
13 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
11 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceILLEGAL BURN
1 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fort Bend 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
Falcon Point1.8 miles13
Pin Oak Village2.0 miles13
Cinco Ranch5.1 miles10
Pittsville (historical)6.9 miles9
Fulshear7.8 miles9
West Oaks Village9.1 miles14
Weston Lakes9.3 miles9
Clodine9.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471933. 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.