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Fredonia, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mason East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76842. It stands on Spice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fredonia quadrangle. It stands 1,657 feet above sea level.

Fredonia within Mason County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

17 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Fredonia between 2006 and 2015, burning about 237 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1

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
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRR38/OAK GROVE RD/SQUIRES
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH71/LOST CREEK RD/D.MCBEE
7 August 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRR386/BLUE STRETCH RD/TL LUCKENBACH
14 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRR 386/G.WHITAKER
11 July 2009Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANSABACO/325CR389/J.CROW
23 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID/MCCULLOCH CO/J.STAFFORD
14 June 2009Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOST CREEK

Every fire recorded in Mason 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 Fredonia: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Spiller MineManganeseUnknown1910

Every working recorded in Mason County

Storms near this place

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fredonia in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
July 1998Thunderstorm WindFredonia$3,000A barn suffered roof damage and a shed was partially destroyed.
May 2022HailFredonia-The public reported golf ball size hail in Ferdonia.
October 2018Flash FloodFredonia-Law enforcement reported Ranch Road 386 from Mason to Fredonia was closed due to flooding. Also, FM 1871 south of Mason was closed for several miles due to flooded low water crossings.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindFredonia-Damaging thunderstorm winds broke tree branches.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindFredonia-Damaging thunderstorm winds blew shingles off of a manufactured home and tipped a construction trailer on its side. The strong winds also damaged large overhead doors.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindFredonia-Damaging thunderstorm winds tipped over an irrigation sprinkler, uprooted trees and knocked down some tree branches.
May 2014HailFredonia-Law enforcement reported ping pong ball size hail near the intersection of FM 386 and FM 2618.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindFredonia-Trees were uprooted in Fredonia.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindFredonia-A roof was blown off of a barn.
April 2021HailFredonia-no account filed
April 2014HailFredonia-no account filed
April 2014HailFredonia-no account filed
March 2012HailFredonia-no account filed
June 2009HailFredonia-no account filed
June 2007HailFredonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mason 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
Pontotoc7.2 miles17
Katemcy7.6 miles13
Camp Air9.3 miles13
Art13.4 miles13
Koockville14.1 miles12
Mason14.1 miles13
Grit15.0 miles12
Grossville17.7 miles13

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 FredoniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5499370The 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 1357701. 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.