Fisk, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Talpa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76834. The Survey maps it on the Fisk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Fisk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Fisk between 2006 and 2020, burning about 984 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEAL |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWEATT |
| 25 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DENNIS STROBEL |
| 18 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MELINDA BOULDIN |
| 7 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAST HWY 67/84 |
| 28 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | R. TISDALE - HAY CUTTER |
| 21 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1026 / CR 358 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fisk in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Hail | Fisk | - | An amateur radio operator reported 1 inch hail about 4 miles north of Voss along County Road 503. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Fisk | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Fisk | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Fisk | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fisk | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozelle | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Voss | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shields | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Valera | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Gouldbusk | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| San Angelo Junction | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Anna | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Coleman | 11.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378295. 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.




