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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.

London within Kimble County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

13 since 2008

Regional 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 burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 April 2008Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 April 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 March 2011Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID/MENARD CO./SALINE RD/R.CROKER
13 March 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 February 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2017-12
10 February 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009-16
19 December 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009-68
19 December 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMENARD CO./CARL LOEFFLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kimble County

Storms near this place

31 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1997Flash FloodLondon$100,000no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindLondon$100,000no account filed
March 2005HailLondon$500Golfball size hail was reported near London.
May 2025HailLondon-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 2025HailLondon-A storm chaser reported baseball size hail.
July 2025Flash FloodLondon-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 2023HailLondon-Public reported ping pong ball size hail.
October 2023Flash FloodLondon-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 2018Thunderstorm WindLondon-The public reported an old steel barn destroyed in London. The thunderstorm winds were estimated at around 60 mph.
April 2016HailLondon-The fire department reported golf ball size hail just north of London.
March 2013Funnel CloudLondon-A funnel cloud was observed between 7:25 PM and 7:30 PM.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindLondon-Part of a tin roof was peeled back due to strong thunderstorms winds.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindLondon-Power poles were snapped at the base, along U.S. highway 377.
September 2021HailLondon-no account filed
May 2016HailLondon-no account filed
May 2016HailLondon-no account filed
May 2016HailLondon-no account filed
May 2016HailLondon-no account filed
May 2016HailLondon-no account filed
May 2015HailLondon-no account filed
June 2014HailLondon-no account filed
June 2014HailLondon-no account filed
June 2014HailLondon-no account filed
March 2013HailLondon-no account filed
January 2012HailLondon-no account filed
May 2012HailLondon-no account filed
March 2012HailLondon-no account filed
March 2009HailLondon-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLondon-no account filed
May 2004HailLondon-no account filed
November 1996HailLondon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kimble 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
Yates6.2 miles8
Junction16.6 miles9
Cleo16.6 miles8
Segovia18.5 miles7
Noxville20.6 miles11
Buck Hollow26.8 miles12
Roosevelt28.4 miles12
Telegraph29.8 miles10

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 LondonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14710970The 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.