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Fletcher, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lumberton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77657. It stands on Walton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silsbee quadrangle.

Fletcher within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Fletcher between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,548 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 33 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 burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism33
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2008Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 211
27 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2008Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fletcher: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barry & Barry Pit DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fletcher in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
October 2006Flash FloodFletcher$20,000Highway 1293 was closed between Honey island and Thicket due to high water. Vehicles were stranded in the water. Water was approaching homes near Kountze.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFletcher$10,000Several trees and fences were blown down in Lumberton.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindFletcher$10,000Part of a tree came through the roof of a home.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindFletcher$5,000The Hardin County Sheriffs Department relayed a report of numerous trees and power lines down in Lumberton.
October 2006Tornado (F0)Fletcher$5,000Eyewitnesses saw debris flying in the air as a small tornado blew down trees and power lines.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFletcher$3,000The Hardin County Sheriffs Department reported numerous trees down and power outages in the Lumberton area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindFletcher$2,000Multiple trees were blown down onto Old Silsbee Road.
May 2015Flash FloodFletcher$2,000Pictures and reports were received from the Lumberton area of street flooding. At least one home received some flood water during the slow moving thunderstorms.
April 2023HailFletcher-Report of 1.25 inch hail received through social media.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindFletcher-A wind gust of 82 mph was recorded at Lumberton Middle School by a KBMT mesonet station.
March 2017HailFletcher-no account filed
January 2016HailFletcher-no account filed
May 2008HailFletcher-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin 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
Lumberton0.6 miles13
Seth2.3 miles13
Woodcrest Acres2.6 miles14
Rose Hill Acres4.7 miles14
Loeb4.9 miles14
Silsbee5.8 miles13
Nona7.2 miles13
Lillard7.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1335948. 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.