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Argo, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mount Pleasant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75558. The Survey maps it on the Wilkinson quadrangle.

Argo within Titus County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

322 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of Argo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,043 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 burning235
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use25
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-925
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service11-097
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-898
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN-527
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined263 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 354
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service168 E I30
29 September 2002Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 205

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Titus County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Argo: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Titus County

Storms near this place

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argo in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023HailArgo-Ping pong ball size hail reported north of Mount Pleasant near the intersection of County Road 3265 and County Road 3250.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindArgo-Trees downed along County Road 3350.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindArgo-Multiple highway signs were blown down along I-30. A few trees were also downed as well in the northern part of Titus County along I-30.
March 2014HailArgo-no account filed
March 2003HailArgo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Titus 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
Liberty Hill2.0 miles10
Gladewater2.8 miles10
Midway2.8 miles8
Lone Star3.8 miles9
Old Union4.8 miles10
Cookville5.3 miles9
Green Hill5.4 miles10
White Oak6.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380819. 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.