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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.

Patman within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

201 since 1992

Regional 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 burning96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism25
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMORRIS 12:45
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 376
5 September 1997Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILLCREST FIRE
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010086
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 471
30 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 351

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AvingerIronUnknown
Avinger DepositsIronPast ProducerGoethite, Hematite
Chambers-Hughes DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Goodson-Prewitts LakeIronOccurrence
Goodson-Prewitts Lake DepositsIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Lone Star Steel Hughes Springs MineIronPast Producer
Mathis & Mathis Siderite Mine MillIronProducer
Norwood HillIronOccurrence
Norwood Hill DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
Spring HillIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Patman$30,000An 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.

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Love2.2 miles12
Pruitt Lake3.7 miles12
Sardis3.8 miles10
Avinger3.9 miles12
Hughes Springs4.3 miles12
Bear Creek6.7 miles11
Liberty8.2 miles11
Caves Spring9.2 miles11

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 PatmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122594168The 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.