Givens, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Paris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75462. The Survey maps it on the Paris quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Paris quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
155 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Givens between 2005 and 2020, burning about 781 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3201 LEWIS LANE |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 42600 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1300 FITZUGH |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 559 CHURCH ST |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1354 CLEMENT |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 513 NE 17TH |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4200 CLARKSVILLE |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2800 FM 195 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Givens in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Givens | $25,000 | A downburst caused damage on the east side of Paris. Power lines and trees were knocked down, and roof and minor building damage was sustained to a few buildings; including the CVS pharmacy near Lamar Avenue and Highway 271. The metal-roofed garage next to a home on Smallwood Road was destroyed. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Givens | $10,000 | Emergency management reported a home on Mockingbird Dr in the city of Paris, TX being flooded. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Givens | $9,000 | A post on social media reported 2 inch hail in between Reno and Paris. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Givens | $7,000 | A trained spotter reported two inch hail 1 mile northeast of Loop 286 on the north side of Paris. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Givens | $7,000 | Emergency management reported a home on Pine Valley Drive being flooded in the city of Reno, TX. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Givens | - | Report of 1.25 inch hail from mPING. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Givens | - | A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail 1 mile north of Paris. This was from a second storm that moved over the area. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Givens | - | Lamar County Sheriff's Department reported that several roads were closed near the city or Paris, including U.S. Hwy 271 at Cobb Ranch Road, FM 905 at CR 13400 and CR 43900 at U.S. Highway 82. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Givens | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1358045. 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.







