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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR38/OAK GROVE RD/SQUIRES |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH71/LOST CREEK RD/D.MCBEE |
| 7 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR386/BLUE STRETCH RD/TL LUCKENBACH |
| 14 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR 386/G.WHITAKER |
| 11 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANSABACO/325CR389/J.CROW |
| 23 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID/MCCULLOCH CO/J.STAFFORD |
| 14 June 2009 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOST CREEK |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiller Mine | Manganese | Unknown | 1910 |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $3,000 | A barn suffered roof damage and a shed was partially destroyed. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Fredonia | - | The public reported golf ball size hail in Ferdonia. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Fredonia | - | 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds broke tree branches. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | - | 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds tipped over an irrigation sprinkler, uprooted trees and knocked down some tree branches. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Fredonia | - | Law enforcement reported ping pong ball size hail near the intersection of FM 386 and FM 2618. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | - | Trees were uprooted in Fredonia. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | - | A roof was blown off of a barn. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Fredonia | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Fredonia | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Fredonia | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Fredonia | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Fredonia | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Fredonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontotoc | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Katemcy | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Camp Air | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Art | 13.4 miles | 13 | |
| Koockville | 14.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mason | 14.1 miles | 13 | |
| Grit | 15.0 miles | 12 | |
| Grossville | 17.7 miles | 13 |
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 Fredonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5499370 | 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 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.






