Fresno, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Stafford-Missouri City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77545. The Survey maps it on the Almeda quadrangle. 24,486 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 72 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFresno grew from 19,069 to 24,486 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 | 19,069 | |
| 2020 | 24,486 | +5,417 (+28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1920 USGS Almeda quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Almeda quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Almeda quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Almeda quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Fresno between 2005 and 2020, burning about 450 acres in total. None 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E047, E080 |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E080 |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E047 |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMBRIDGE |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E047 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fresno: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Halite, Bromine, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Division | Salt | Producer | ||
| Blue Ridge Mine | Halite, Bromine | Producer | 1903 |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fresno in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2015: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Hail | Fresno | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fresno | $5,000 | Power lines down near FM 2234 and South Post Oak. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fresno | $4,000 | Downed tree limbs. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Fresno | $3,000 | Nickel to quarter size hail occurred in the Fresno area. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Fresno | $1,000 | Quarter sized hail reported in Fresno. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Fresno | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported north of Fresno. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fresno | - | A severe thunderstorm downed trees in the Fresno area. |
| October 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Fresno | - | Tornado touch down at intersection of FM 521 and CR 58. No reported damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Arcola Junction | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Arcola | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Duke | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Briar Vista | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ridgemont | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hobby | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Briarvilla | 4.1 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 Fresno | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q74394 | 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 1336203. 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.







