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Calvary, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Alba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75773. The Survey maps it on the Calvary quadrangle.

Calvary within Wood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

294 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Calvary between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,048 acres in total. 1 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 burning186
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Equipment and vehicle use26
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Natural1

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 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNONE
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNONE
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNONE
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND
22 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wood 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
Golden2.7 miles15
Quitman4.8 miles13
Ben5.4 miles15
West Mineola6.0 miles15
Alba6.2 miles15
Salem6.7 miles16
Mineola6.9 miles12
Forest Hill7.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378086. 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.