Folsom, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Amarillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79108. The Survey maps it on the Pullman quadrangle. It stands 3,583 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
162 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Folsom between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4,014 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POTTER 6 DITCH FIRE |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-13505 |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-13519 |
| 3 August 2018 | Natural | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALABATES |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-12214 |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCGERE |
| 9 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-9581 |
| 8 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-10724 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Folsom: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Amarillo Copper Refinery | Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Folsom in 1 storm report in 2007: 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 2007 | Hail | Folsom | - | Hail reported at Loop 335 and the Fritch Highway (State Highway 136) about seven miles northeast of Amarillo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayer | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pullman | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Francis | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dumas Junction | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Amarillo | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Juilliard | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gluck | 10.6 miles | 11 |
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 Folsom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076479 | 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 1379783. 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.



