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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1888 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fairy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Iredell quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 2006Regional 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 burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 670 CR 220 |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUBLE MD |
| 7 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRIPLE D RANCH |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WELLS RANCH FIRE |
| 25 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LANHAM |
| 4 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONES |
| 26 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JEFF- DEBI SPILLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanham | $50,000 | A 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanham | $3,000 | Power lines blown down. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Lanham | - | County dispatch relayed a report of multiple spots of water over the road on FM 1602 in eastern Hamilton County. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Lanham | - | Dispatch reported that FM 1602 and Hwy 22 near Lanham had water over the road. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Lanham | - | A public report indicated half dollar sized hail covering the ground about 7 miles northeast of Hamilton. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lanham | - | A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail approximately six miles west of the city of Cranfills Gap, TX. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lanham | - | Volunteer fire department reported quarter sized hail near the city of Cranfills Gap, TX. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Lanham | - | Hamilton County Sheriff's Department reported the closure of CR 313 near CR 1602 due to high water. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Lanham | - | Hamilton County Sheriff's Department reported water over County Road 1602 at several locations between Jonesboro and Hwy 22. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Lanham | - | Water over Highway 22 one mile west of Cranfils Gap. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Lanham | - | 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 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.






