Belt Junction, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Fort Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76110. The Survey maps it on the Fort Worth quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
On record in Belt Junction
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Rogers-O'Daniel Houselisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
543 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 543 fires within 5 miles of Belt Junction between 2006 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 484 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARNSWORTH |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2500 |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH FREEWAY |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WELCH |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROSEDALE |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N HENDERSON |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | W LANCASTER |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E MORPHY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Edgecliff Village | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lytle | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Westover Hills | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Forest Hill | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Moselle | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Westworth | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| River Oaks | 5.7 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q22076408 | 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 1377987. 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.





