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Bacon, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wichita Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76305. The Survey maps it on the Wichita Falls West quadrangle.

Bacon within Wichita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of Bacon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 6,183 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined192
Debris and open burning41
Equipment and vehicle use36
Power generation/transmission/distribution28
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST RD & I-44
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDRAGGING 44 FIRE
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceI44 DANIELS
3 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUD FIRE
29 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELECTRICAL BUSH FIRE
26 September 2013Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL FWY @ BACON SWITCH
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceI44 FLAT TIRE
24 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1177 & SANDY ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wichita 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
Cashion Community3.8 miles15
Pleasant Valley4.4 miles9
Wichita Falls6.2 miles10
Iowa Park7.1 miles11
Burkburnett7.3 miles15
Allendale9.7 miles10
Thrift10.0 miles9
Clara10.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379376. 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.