Fentress, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Martindale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78622. It stands on Dickerson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Martindale quadrangle. It stands 446 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Martindale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Fentress between 1993 and 2020, burning about 870 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY HAY |
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE /SMALL TRACTOR |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALLIHAN FIRE |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 671 BRUSH FIRE |
| 29 August 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE HWY 80 |
| 21 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON OILFIELD LEASE |
| 21 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 671 JOHNSON LEASE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fentress: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hays County Gravel Co Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mercer Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fentress in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fentress | $80,000 | A severe thunderstorm downburst struck near Fentress, destroying two mobile home and damaging six others. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fentress | $20,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that significantly damaged a barn in Fentress. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Fentress | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail near Fentress. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Fentress | - | Numerous road closures were reported across the county by the Sheriff's Office including State Park Road near Fentress, Acorn Road, and Bugtussle Lane near the town of Joliet. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Fentress | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Hwy20 at Callihan Rd. A National Weather Employee in the area reported 4.08 inches of rain in two hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Lea | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Stairtown | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Joliet | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral Springs (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Martindale | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Luling | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Maxwell | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Brownsboro | 9.1 miles | 15 |
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 Fentress | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5443652 | 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 1357289. 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.





