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Bulah, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rusk census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75785. It stands on Stevens Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pryor Mountain quadrangle.

Bulah within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Bulah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,770 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 3 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1998Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODS
24 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 565
24 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 546
20 September 2000Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 554
20 September 2000Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 556
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bulah: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Prior MountainIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Lone Oak3.9 miles10
Hudson Chapel4.6 miles10
Redlawn6.4 miles10
Salem6.6 miles11
Weeping Mary6.8 miles12
Alto8.0 miles10
Rusk8.4 miles11
Java8.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379473. 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.