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Bel Air, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Marshall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75672. The Survey maps it on the Marshall East quadrangle.

Bel Air within Harrison 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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Bel Air between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,051 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 burning117
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAILEY CUT OFF
7 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 80 WEST
7 September 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1337 COMMAND
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM3379
4 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 155
30 September 1994Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTOMMIE DUTTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Bel Air: 15 producers, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Marshall Plant No. 2ClayProducer
Cobb PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Cobb White and Schriver PitsFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Henderson Clay Prod PitFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Marshall PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall Plant & PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall Pottery New PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall Pottery Old PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Marshall Pottery PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall Pottery PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Harrison 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
Marshall1.8 miles12
Quiney2.5 miles12
Jasper Heights3.2 miles12
Nesbitt6.7 miles12
Scottsville7.3 miles14
Gainesville7.4 miles12
Darco8.2 miles14
Crossroads8.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1330351. 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.