Lannius, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dodd City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75438. It stands on Burnett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dodd City quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bonham quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dodd City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
132 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Lannius between 2005 and 2019, burning about 3,632 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. 1743 FIRE |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WLF HWY 82@ CR 2935 |
| 16 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 82 |
| 14 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AIDE |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 56 @ CR 2935 |
| 12 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARRY HAMMET |
| 7 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LANNIUS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lannius in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lannius | $30,000 | Emergency management reported trees uprooted and a barn destroyed at the Old Brewer Dairy Farm about 6 miles north-northeast of Dodd City, TX. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lannius | $15,000 | Emergency management reported a tree down on the roof of a manufactured home approximately 9 miles east-southeast of Bryson, TX. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Lannius | - | Amateur radio reported that 6 to 8 inches of water covered U.S. Highway 82 in central Fannin 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilger | 2.4 miles | 6 | |
| Spring Hill | 2.4 miles | 6 | |
| Dodd City | 2.5 miles | 6 | |
| Pettigrew | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Brotherton | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Burnett | 3.9 miles | 6 | |
| Windom | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shady Grove | 4.9 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lannius | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q106670558 | 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 1360947. 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.




