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Cambridge, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75076. The Survey maps it on the Pottsboro quadrangle.

Cambridge within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

76 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Cambridge between 2000 and 2020, burning about 649 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
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
5 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 289 FIRE
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGHPORT FIREWORKS FIRE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSQUIRRLE LANE
21 September 2000Smoking50 acresHagerman National Wildlife RefugeNAYLERROAD
1 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGATTIS CIRCLE FIRE
7 August 2020Other causes1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOOKS CORNER
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 406
26 August 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGUILLOUD CIR 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
Willow Spring2.5 miles12
Locust2.5 miles12
Fink2.7 miles12
Pottsboro4.7 miles12
Cedar Mills5.0 miles12
Sherwood Shores5.8 miles12
Gordonville6.7 miles12
Preston7.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1384207. 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.