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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.

Fred within Tyler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

190 since 1992

Regional 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 burning96
Arson/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceJAMES MCINNIS
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIVINGSTON - 868
7 September 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 693
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2013Natural58 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9173
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE FM 3226
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,509 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 683
4 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEMO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tyler County

Storms near this place

19 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2004Tornado (F1)Fred$100,000no account filed
October 2006FloodFred$50,000Two 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 1994Thunderstorm WindFred$50,000Power lines knocked over by strong winds.
January 2012Tornado (EF0)Fred$20,000Several trees were blown, a carport lost some of its awning, and a shed lost some tin from its roof.
December 1997Thunderstorm WindFred$10,000no account filed
October 2006Flash FloodFred$3,000Six to eight inches of water was reported over Highway 92 near Fred.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindFred$1,000Tyler County Sheriff Office reported a tree blown down across a road two miles west of Fred.
May 2024Flash FloodFred-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 2015HailFred-One inch in diameter hail was reported near Fred.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindFred-Trees blown down onto FM 1943 near Fred.
August 2009HailFred-A SKYWARN Spotter reported nickel size hail in Fred.
August 2009Funnel CloudFred-A SKYWARN Spotter reported a wall cloud with funnel cloud illuminated by continuous lightning in Fred.
May 2019HailFred-no account filed
April 2011HailFred-no account filed
May 2006HailFred-no account filed
April 2004HailFred-no account filed
October 2004HailFred-no account filed
February 1999HailFred-no account filed
January 1998HailFred-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tyler 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
Spurger8.0 miles12
Hicksbaugh9.3 miles13
Oldham11.8 miles12
Hyatt12.0 miles13
Hillister12.6 miles13
Warren12.6 miles13
Town Bluff14.6 miles14
Woodville18.7 miles12

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 FredAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5494365The 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.