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Bering, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corrigan quadrangle.

Bering within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Bering between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,345 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2012Natural6.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 8087
12 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 195
1 September 1992Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2015Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8047
31 August 2006Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 300

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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
Walda0.8 miles13
Seven Oaks2.2 miles13
Moscow2.9 miles13
Leggett4.5 miles13
New Willard6.2 miles13
Camden7.3 miles12
Bold Springs7.3 miles13
Colita7.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379409. 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.