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Brumley, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bettie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75686. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg quadrangle.

Brumley within Upshur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

363 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Brumley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,208 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 22 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 burning221
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural14
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3318
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND FIRE
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2632
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE FM 2455
6 September 2014Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1336
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 557
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 556

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upshur 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
Thomas3.1 miles13
Simpsonville3.2 miles13
Bethlehem3.3 miles12
Midway3.7 miles12
Soules Chapel4.6 miles13
Union Hill4.9 miles12
Piney Grove5.0 miles12
Ewell5.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378058. 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.