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Bona, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75021. It stands on Iron Ore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ambrose quadrangle.

Bona within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

80 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Bona between 2005 and 2020, burning about 827 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAURTHUR
2 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDRIPPING SPRINGS
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceINTERURBAN FIRE
13 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service791 CLEVE COLE BRUSH FIRE
12 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODLAWN/FLOWERS #2
1 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHYW 120 E
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDENISON GRASS FIRE
30 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPUR 503 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson 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
Terrace2.4 miles7
Penland2.6 miles7
Gover3.2 miles7
Mills4.0 miles12
Carpenters Bluff4.4 miles8
Smith Oaks4.4 miles7
Denison4.5 miles13
Woodlake Park4.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379441. 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.