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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.

Givens within Lamar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

155 since 2005

Regional 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 burning76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3201 LEWIS LANE
6 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 42600
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1300 FITZUGH
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service559 CHURCH ST
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1354 CLEMENT
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service513 NE 17TH
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4200 CLARKSVILLE
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2800 FM 195

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2012Thunderstorm WindGivens$25,000A 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 2019Flash FloodGivens$10,000Emergency management reported a home on Mockingbird Dr in the city of Paris, TX being flooded.
April 2026HailGivens$9,000A post on social media reported 2 inch hail in between Reno and Paris.
April 2020HailGivens$7,000A trained spotter reported two inch hail 1 mile northeast of Loop 286 on the north side of Paris.
June 2019Flash FloodGivens$7,000Emergency management reported a home on Pine Valley Drive being flooded in the city of Reno, TX.
April 2026HailGivens-Report of 1.25 inch hail from mPING.
April 2020HailGivens-A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail 1 mile north of Paris. This was from a second storm that moved over the area.
April 2017Flash FloodGivens-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 2000HailGivens-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lamar County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Adams1.2 miles8
Amherst2.7 miles8
Reno3.1 miles8
Paris3.5 miles11
Hinckley3.8 miles11
Sun Valley4.5 miles8
Sylvan5.1 miles8
Faught5.4 miles8

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.