Patman, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hughes Springs-Avinger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75656. It stands on Cawhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Avinger quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Avinger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Patman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,341 acres in total. 12 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 burning | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORRIS 12:45 |
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 376 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLCREST FIRE |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010086 |
| 30 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 471 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 351 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Patman: 7 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avinger | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Avinger Deposits | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Chambers-Hughes Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Goodson-Prewitts Lake | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Goodson-Prewitts Lake Deposits | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Lone Star Steel Hughes Springs Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Mathis & Mathis Siderite Mine Mill | Iron | Producer | ||
| Norwood Hill | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Norwood Hill Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Spring Hill | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patman in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Patman | $30,000 | An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down between CR 2993 and CR 2915 east of Hughes Springs. Upon crossing CR 2993, the tornado uprooted multiple trees and snapped a wooden power pole near its base. The tornado continued west-northwest across a wooded area south of CR 2911, before crossing CR 2910, snapping and uprooting more trees. The tornado then took a more westerly course along the south side of Highway 11, with the tornado widest here, as trees on the north side of the highway were snapped and uprooted towards the south and east. Tree damage was observed west along Highway 11 to the Highway 49 intersection, before it became more isolated, and large limbs were snapped as the tornado lifted just before moving into Hughes Springs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pruitt Lake | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sardis | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Avinger | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hughes Springs | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bear Creek | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Caves Spring | 9.2 miles | 11 |
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 Patman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122594168 | 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 1377709. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.



