Fulton, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fulton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78382. The Survey maps it on the Rockport quadrangle. 1,523 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
On record in Fulton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
George W. Fulton Mansionlisted 1975
Population over time
2 figuresFulton grew from 1,358 to 1,523 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 | 1,358 | |
| 2020 | 1,523 | +165 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rockport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Rockport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
175 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Fulton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 968 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FULTON WISHERT BRUSH FIRE |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3300 BYPASS 35 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKPORT BRUSHFIRE ASSIST |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2101 MRYTLE |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 418 RATTLESNAKE POINT RD |
| 14 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 414 OLD SALT LAKE RD |
| 13 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 510 RATTLESNAKE POINT RD |
| 1 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2200 FM 1781 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fulton in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $100,000 | NWS Storm survey determined straight-line winds struck a narrow corridor in Fulton between Farm to Market Road 3036 and West Mesquite Street. The winds caused widespread tree damage. A mobile home lost its roof and a metal storage building partially collapsed along Farm to Market Road 1781. An RV was rolled on Circle Drive. Large tree damage was also observed all the way to Fulton Beach Rd. Wind speeds were estimated to be from 70 to 80 mph. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Fulton | $25,000 | Two brief EF-0 tornadoes were produced from the same parent|circulation as a waterspout came ashore near Rockport, TX. The initial|damage as it came on shore was confined to some minor tree damage and a|few shingles missing from a couple homes. The tornado then lifted and |eventually reformed near FM1781 where it destroyed a couple carports and|two sheds. It also snapped some smaller trees and broke numerous large|branches before dissipating. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Fulton | $5,000 | Vehicle stalled in deep water near Enterprise Boulevard and Omohundro Street in Rockport. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton | $5,000 | Several people were trapped in an overturned trailer. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Fulton | - | Spotter reported 5 inches in the Rockport area. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Fulton | - | Rainfall total of nearly 3 inches in the past 8 hours. |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Fulton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Allegro | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Copano Village | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rockport | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shell Ridge | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lamar | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Palm Harbor | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Estes | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Holiday Beach | 7.6 miles | 9 |
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 Fulton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981673 | 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 1336302. 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.





