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Biggers, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75071. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the McKinney East quadrangle. It stands 617 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Biggers within Collin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

52 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Biggers (historical) between 2005 and 2019, burning about 100 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3900 FM 2933
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1414 S TENNESSEE
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceS AIRPORT RD
25 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2970 CR 338
21 September 2011Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE UNIVERSITY & FM 1827
13 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1024 S MURRAY
1 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNIVERSITY & BRIDGEFARMER
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1377 MA GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Biggers (historical): 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redding Stone Garrett QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Collin 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
Milligan0.7 miles11
New Hope1.3 miles11
Princeton2.8 miles10
Lowry Crossing2.9 miles11
McKinney3.6 miles11
Altoga4.8 miles10
Parris (historical)5.0 miles8
Climax5.2 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on Biggers (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24260740The 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 2034675. 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.