BlockCarterville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 75650. It stands on Page Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hallsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Hallsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
189 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Carterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 796 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 burning | 125 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAM HALL RD |
| 7 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARRISON 14:29 |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 342 |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-22407 |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARABETH LANE |
| 26 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOONDAY RD.. |
| 26 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry Springs | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Friendship (historical) | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Walkers Mill | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Noonday | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Harleton | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Morton | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hallsville | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lansing | 6.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378095. 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.