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Old London, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Price-Turnertown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75684. The Survey maps it on the Price quadrangle.

Old London within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

467 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 467 fires within 5 miles of Old London between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,142 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 25 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 burning174
Missing data/not specified/undetermined138
Power generation/transmission/distribution65
Equipment and vehicle use34
Arson/incendiarism25
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Natural6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2013Fireworks2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6308
9 September 2011Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 511
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 128
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution295 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 533
9 September 1997Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 7125
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk County

Storms near this place

12 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old London in 12 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail. 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
April 2015Flash FloodOld London$10,000County Road 111 was washed out in the New London community. A vehicle fell into the washout area of the roadway but they were evacuated from their vehicle.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindOld London-Tree downed on FM Road 2089 just north of the intersection with FM Road 838 south of Overton.
April 2023HailOld London-Dime to half dollar size hail fell and covered the ground along FM 838 just south of Overton and New London.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindOld London-Power lines were downed in and near the New London community.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOld London-Trees were blown down at the intersection of FM 838 and FM 2089.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindOld London-Power lines were downed on Pinkston Drive in New London.
April 2020HailOld London-Nickel size hail fell near New London.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindOld London-Trees were downed at the intersection of Highway 42 and Highway 323 near New London.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOld London-Power lines were downed.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindOld London-Power lines were downed near the New London community.
March 2016Flash FloodOld London-Flooded roadway at State Highway 42 and County Road 111.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindOld London-At least two dozen trees were downed from the 323/42 intersection and FM. 1513 near the New London community.

Every storm recorded in Rusk 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
London0.3 miles13
New London0.9 miles13
Friars2.2 miles13
Turnertown2.6 miles13
Selman City2.7 miles13
Overton3.8 miles15
Joinerville4.1 miles13
Sexton City4.7 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q122589392The 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 1378798. 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.