London, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Junction Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76854. It lies near Walton Draw. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle. 180 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 1,703 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS London quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of London between 2008 and 2017, burning about 62 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID/MENARD CO./SALINE RD/R.CROKER |
| 13 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2017-12 |
| 10 February 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-16 |
| 19 December 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-68 |
| 19 December 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MENARD CO./CARL LOEFFLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names London in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | London | $100,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | London | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | London | $500 | Golfball size hail was reported near London. |
| May 2025 | Hail | London | - | Public reported damage to tree limbs and broken car windows from very large hail. The hail was mostly golf ball sized with some baseball sized hail reported. |
| May 2025 | Hail | London | - | A storm chaser reported baseball size hail. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | London | - | Law enforcement reported that there were several high water rescues including a boat rescuing people from a mobile home as well as rescuing a motorist trapped in a tree escaping the flood waters. Also, several low water crossings were flooded. Time is estimated by radar. |
| June 2023 | Hail | London | - | Public reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| October 2023 | Flash Flood | London | - | An emergency manager reported Ranch Road 385 and Farm to Market Road 3480 was closed due to water over the road from Red Creek. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | London | - | The public reported an old steel barn destroyed in London. The thunderstorm winds were estimated at around 60 mph. |
| April 2016 | Hail | London | - | The fire department reported golf ball size hail just north of London. |
| March 2013 | Funnel Cloud | London | - | A funnel cloud was observed between 7:25 PM and 7:30 PM. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | London | - | Part of a tin roof was peeled back due to strong thunderstorms winds. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | London | - | Power poles were snapped at the base, along U.S. highway 377. |
| September 2021 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | London | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | London | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | London | - | 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.
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 London | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710970 | 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 1361636. 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.




