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Caney, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Bay City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77414. It stands on Hardeman Slough. The Survey maps it on the Bay City NE quadrangle.

Caney within Matagorda County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

16 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Caney between 2011 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBATES FIRE-PWR POLE
18 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFRANKSON RD
13 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARLSEN BRUSH
28 July 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROBLES REKINDLE
8 June 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOAK CREEK 1 35
20 June 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARVEST TIME GRASS
9 May 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceALLENHURST TRUF
3 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIVE OAK CUT OFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Matagorda 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
Rugeley1.7 miles7
Allenhurst3.2 miles11
Van Vleck4.2 miles10
Bay City6.2 miles7
Cedar Lane6.5 miles9
Sugar Valley6.9 miles11
Rymers8.7 miles8
Gainesmore9.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379501. 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.