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Faysville, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Edinburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78542. The Survey maps it on the Faysville quadrangle. 439 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.

Faysville within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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

120 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Faysville between 2003 and 2012, burning about 332 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Faysville in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2012Thunderstorm WindFaysville$25,000Between 9 and 945 PM, winds increased, rain poured down, and hail developed as the storm formed and began moving east. At approximately 930 PM, a microburst and large hail struck a colonia in Doolittle, damaging nearly every home (most were of poor construction) and rolling two unanchored trailers. One residents ceiling caved in from the combination of hail, estimated to be quarter sized, torrential rains, and driving 60 to 65 mph winds. Another tin roof was completely blown from a mobile home. A man was inside one of the trailers when it rolled; fortunately, he was not injured. Nearby, several large limbs were broken from mesquite trees, and one tree was partially uprooted. Shed damage was also noted at the Diamond B Ranch, just north of the colonia, which occurred moments before the downburst wrecked the colonia.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindFaysville$20,000The metal roof of the Segovia State Prison Unit was peeled back. A large metal shipping container next to the Lopez State Prison Unit was rolled several times due to the wind. Several trees with large branches were broken. A large tree was uprooted in front of the Lopez State Prison Unit.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindFaysville$15,000Four mobile homes, in poor condition and not anchored, were damaged in Doolittle near the intersection of Ingle Road and Doolittle Road. Two mobile homes lost tin roofs, one was moved off of its foundation, and one rolled over on its side. Estimated winds of 55 to 60 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFaysville$2,000A NWS Employee reported metal roofing structures and a fence blown over near the intersection of Benito Ramirez and Terry Road in Edinburg, TX.
May 2012HailFaysville-Several residents of a colonia in Doolittle reported at least five minutes of hail, up to the size of quarters, with a severe thunderstorm that also produced a damaging microburst in the area.

Every storm recorded in Hidalgo 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.

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 FaysvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981565The 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 1377161. 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.