Haslam, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Tenaha-Joaquin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75954. The Survey maps it on the Logansport West quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Center quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Logansport West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Logansport West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Haslam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 320 acres in total. 6 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 207 |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 471 |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.2 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 332 |
| 6 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 297 |
| 30 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 476 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haslam in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Haslam | - | Flooding reported with high water covering the roadway in Joaquin near the intersection of Highway 7 and FM Road 139. Flooding was also reported just west of this location along Highway 84 in Joaquin. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Haslam | - | Nickel size hail fell near Joaquin. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haslam | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 84 East in Joaquin. Power lines were also downed on Highway 7 East in Joaquin. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquin | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fellowship | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jackson | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Paxton | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Antioch | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| James | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Campti | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| North Jericho | 10.1 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569547 | 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 1379906. 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.







