Friendship, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lindale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75771. The Survey maps it on the Lindale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Lindale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Friendship between 1992 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 446 |
| 6 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Friendship in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | - | Trees downed at the intersection of Highway 271 and County Road 3110. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Friendship | - | A picture was posted to social media of golfball size hail that fell in the Friendship community southwest of Gladewater. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Friendship | - | A vehicle was submerged in high water due to flooding from Carter Creek at the intersection of Highway 271 and County Road 3110. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | - | Trees were blown down on Barber Road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | - | A few trees and large limbs were downed along Hwy. 271 north of Interstate 20. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Friendship | - | Trees and power lines down along Hwy 271. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Friendship | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Friendship | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Valley | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lindale | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hideaway | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hide-A-Way Lake | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Jamestown | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Carroll | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Thedford | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Wood Springs | 7.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378332. 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.




