Forsan, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Big Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79733. The Survey maps it on the Forsan quadrangle. 225 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,789 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresForsan grew from 210 to 225 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 210 | |
| 2020 | 225 | +15 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1941 USGS Big Spring South quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Big Spring South quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Forsan quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
135 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Forsan between 2005 and 2020, burning about 11,256 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 821 |
| 6 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 MILES EAST OF SOUTH HWY 87 ON FM 821 |
| 6 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 MILE RD |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 461 AND S HWY 87 GRASS FIRE |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MLK ASSIST BSFD |
| 28 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRIAN RD |
| 24 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 821 |
| 23 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | S 87 AND 461 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forsan in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 24 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 2006 | Hail | Forsan | $10,000 | Tennis ball size hail fell in a swath from west of Forsan along U.S. Highway 87 to Forsan. The hail broke numerous car windows in Forsan. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Forsan | $3,000 | Baseball size hail was reported two miles east of Forsan. No significant damage was reported. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forsan | $500 | A trained spotter reported large tree limbs down as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Forsan | - | Quarter-size hail was reported in Howard County by a trained spotter. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Forsan | - | Received this report via mPING. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Forsan | - | Ping pong ball to golf ball size hail fell in Forsan, TX. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Forsan | - | Golfball size hail fell for 10 minutes and covered the ground at an NWS cooperative observer's residence. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Forsan | - | The first of three individual hail storms to affect Howard County on the morning of the 4th resulted in quarter size hail at Forsan. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Forsan | - | Nickel hail was reported by the Texas Department of Public Safety along Highway 87 at Forsan.The convection evolved into a squall line by mid morning. The initially short line of storms was characterized by a well-defined bookend vortex on its north end that tracked across Glasscock County. This portion of the line produced quarter to golfball size hail. Severe thunderstorm winds affected eastern Pecos and northern Terrell Counties as the southern extent of the line progressed east.Several line echo wave patterns were identified using local warning weather radar along the squall line as it expanded north with time. A tornado was confirmed to have been associated with one such signature in northeast Reagan County. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Forsan | - | Convection was widespread during the evening of the 21st. An isolated severe thunderstorm developed within a broad area of precipitation. This storm produced penny size hail at Forsan which accumulated three to five inches deep. Some of the hail remained in drifts beside houses as late as mid-morning on the 22nd. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Forsan | - | Numerous reports of penny to golfball hail were received from the cities of Forsan and Coahoma. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Forsan | - | Ping pong ball to lemon size hail reported in and near the community of Forsan. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Forsan | - | The NWS COOP observer in Forsan reported nickel to half dollar size hail. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Forsan | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Forsan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross City | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Otis Chalk | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| South Haven | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Elbow | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Webb Village | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Midway | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Big Spring | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ziler | 11.5 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 Forsan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982164 | 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 1336045. 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.





