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Lanham, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76538. It lies near Cutoff Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fairy quadrangle.

Lanham within Hamilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

52 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Lanham between 2006 and 2020, burning about 897 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning26
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9

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 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service670 CR 220
8 August 2014Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOUBLE MD
7 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRIPLE D RANCH
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWELLS RANCH FIRE
25 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLANHAM
4 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJONES
26 July 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJEFF- DEBI SPILLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lanham in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLanham$50,000A tree fell on a home near Lanham. Extensive damage was done to the home, causing part of the roof to collapse. The side of the house was also pelted with hail leaving holes in the siding.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindLanham$3,000Power lines blown down.
July 2025Flash FloodLanham-County dispatch relayed a report of multiple spots of water over the road on FM 1602 in eastern Hamilton County.
July 2025Flash FloodLanham-Dispatch reported that FM 1602 and Hwy 22 near Lanham had water over the road.
April 2023HailLanham-A public report indicated half dollar sized hail covering the ground about 7 miles northeast of Hamilton.
May 2017HailLanham-A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail approximately six miles west of the city of Cranfills Gap, TX.
May 2017HailLanham-Volunteer fire department reported quarter sized hail near the city of Cranfills Gap, TX.
August 2016Flash FloodLanham-Hamilton County Sheriff's Department reported the closure of CR 313 near CR 1602 due to high water.
August 2016Flash FloodLanham-Hamilton County Sheriff's Department reported water over County Road 1602 at several locations between Jonesboro and Hwy 22.
June 2004Flash FloodLanham-Water over Highway 22 one mile west of Cranfils Gap.
August 1996Flash FloodLanham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Fairy6.6 miles12
Whiteway7.6 miles12
Aleman9.6 miles13
Hamilton9.7 miles13
Spurlin11.7 miles15
Olin11.9 miles15
Sunshine12.7 miles15
Springtown13.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378557. 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.