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Buckhorn, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75966. It stands on Threemile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newton East quadrangle.

Buckhorn within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,374 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 126 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
Arson/incendiarism126
Debris and open burning87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2013Debris and open burning36 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9175
7 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOVE
7 September 1993Debris and open burning80 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 191
5 September 2000Debris and open burning65 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 676

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton 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
Bon Wier2.7 miles12
Fawil3.1 miles12
Howards5.6 miles9
Belgrade5.7 miles12
Pine Grove6.8 miles9
Newton6.9 miles9
Trotti7.9 miles9
Quicksand8.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1353151. 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.