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Camey, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in The Colony census division. The Survey maps it on the Hebron quadrangle.

Camey within Denton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

29 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Camey between 2005 and 2017, burning about 77 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined20
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
31 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDALLAS PKWY/COTTON GIN COMMAND
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0001442
17 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePANTHER CREEK/LEGACY
14 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1ST AND ASH STREET COMMAN
1 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEBANON COMMAND
8 July 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service52 COWAN RD
24 July 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARKWOOD FIRE
30 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHERITAGE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denton 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
The Colony1.7 miles13
Hebron3.9 miles13
Hackberry5.8 miles10
Little Elm7.0 miles10
Lakewood Village7.3 miles10
Lewisville7.8 miles13
Camp Dallas8.0 miles10
Lake Dallas9.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378087. 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.