Lillian, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alvarado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76061. It lies near Poverty Knob. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Lillian within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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.

1894 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:62500
1959 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

153 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Lillian between 2005 and 2012, burning about 631 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	82
Debris and open burning	57
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Arson/incendiarism	3
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
9 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	MANSFIELD FIRE
8 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	2951 HW 917
6 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
6 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
4 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	TEXAN RV
24 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
2 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
6 August 2006	Debris and open burning	13 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lillian in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Lillian	2 hurt, $50,000	A mobile home was destroyed by high winds, and two residents inside were seriously injured.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lillian	1 hurt, $30,000	A man lost half of his arm after his travel trailer flipped several times in the wind. He was trying to help people move from an office building to a tool shed.
April 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Lillian	$25,000,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Fort Worth found that a tornado touched down near Happy Hill and traveled northeast approximately three miles to Pleasant Point where it dissipated. The tornado caused significant roof damage to several homes. Three homes were considered total losses. At least thirty other homes received minor to major damage. Many sheds and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Several trees were uprooted and at least two of them fell onto houses. Power lines were also downed along the track. This tornado was rated an EF-1 with maximum wind speeds between 90 and 95 MPH.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Lillian	$4,000,000	Downburst created a path approximately 6 miles long and up to 1.5 miles wide from 0.5 miles south of Lillian southeast to near Venus. Although 12 persons were injured, only 2 people had to be hospitalized. 51 mobile homes were heavily damaged or destroyed and 80 suffered minor damage. Other damage included roof damage to houses, carports damaged or destroyed,barns, trees, and utility poles blown down.
April 2022	Tornado (EF0)	Lillian	$100,000	An EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of 85 mph caused minor damage to roofs and damage to outbuildings, animal homes, and trees across an area north of Alvarado. The tornado likely began near CR 600 and FM 917, tracking east into the Homestead area.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Lillian	$100,000	A small building was blown over. Pieces were scattered on top of another structure and over fencing. Two empty metal livestock tanks were blown. One struck a parked tractor and was crushed. The other flew about 50 yards and caught against a fence. A carport, which is part of a house, was lifted enough to dislodge the support beam holding up the structure. Large tree limbs, 6-8 inches in diameter, were brought down and blocked the driveway. No people or livestock were injured.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lillian	$50,000	A public report indicated considerable wind damage around the FM 917 and FM 2738 area near Lillian. Several trees were blown down, sheds damaged, and an RV was turned on its side.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Lillian	$25,000	Damage was sustained to several RVs approximately 4 miles north of Alvarado. Some outbuildings were also damaged.
May 2014	Hail	Lillian	$12,000	Hen egg sized hail was reported approximately 3-4 miles northeast of Alvarado.
March 2016	Hail	Lillian	$10,000	Golf ball sized hail was reported south of Lillian.
May 2014	Hail	Lillian	$10,000	Baseball sized hail was reported near Cummings Dr and FM 917. Windows were broken by the combination of the large hail and damaging winds.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lillian	$8,000	Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down trees, power lines, and tree limbs near the intersection of Cummings Drive and FM 917.
March 2016	Hail	Lillian	-	no account filed
November 1994	Hail	Lillian	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pleasant Point	1.5 miles	16
The Homesteads	2.3 miles	16
Happy Hill	3.7 miles	16
Wooded Hills	4.5 miles	14
Briaroaks	6.2 miles	14
Venus	6.8 miles	17
Egan	7.0 miles	16
Alvarado	7.0 miles	16

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 Lillian	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14710957	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 1339920. 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.