Fred, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Spurger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77660. The Survey maps it on the Fred quadrangle. It stands 135 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Spurger quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Fred quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Fred between 1992 and 2018, burning about 5,908 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 48 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 burning | 96 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAMES MCINNIS |
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 868 |
| 7 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 693 |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | 58 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9173 |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 3226 |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,509 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 683 |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEMO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fred in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Fred | $100,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Flood | Fred | $50,000 | Two day rain totals of 12 to 16 inches resulted in long duration flooding across portions of Tyler County. The hardest hit areas were near Fred, where some roads weere flooded. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fred | $50,000 | Power lines knocked over by strong winds. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Fred | $20,000 | Several trees were blown, a carport lost some of its awning, and a shed lost some tin from its roof. |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fred | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Fred | $3,000 | Six to eight inches of water was reported over Highway 92 near Fred. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fred | $1,000 | Tyler County Sheriff Office reported a tree blown down across a road two miles west of Fred. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Fred | - | The Woodville Fire Department reported water covering multiple streets in Woodville along with Turkey Creek flooding nearby roads. Multiple roads were also flooded near Town Bluff and Fred. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Fred | - | One inch in diameter hail was reported near Fred. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fred | - | Trees blown down onto FM 1943 near Fred. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Fred | - | A SKYWARN Spotter reported nickel size hail in Fred. |
| August 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Fred | - | A SKYWARN Spotter reported a wall cloud with funnel cloud illuminated by continuous lightning in Fred. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Fred | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Fred | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Fred | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Fred | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Fred | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Fred | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Fred | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spurger | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hicksbaugh | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Oldham | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hyatt | 12.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hillister | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Warren | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Town Bluff | 14.6 miles | 14 | |
| Woodville | 18.7 miles | 12 |
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 Fred | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5494365 | 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 1357699. 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.






