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Cedar Grove, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Lufkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75904. The Survey maps it on the Redland quadrangle.

Cedar Grove within Angelina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

285 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,706 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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 burning192
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/WOODS/FM 2251
5 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS WOODS/3226 HWY 69N
5 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS WOODS/CROSSTIMBERS
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 848
5 September 2000Debris and open burning100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 684
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE HWY 69 NORTH
4 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 309
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 667

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Angelina 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
Redland1.5 miles15
Davisville1.7 miles15
Keltys1.9 miles11
Woodlawn3.0 miles11
Lufkin3.2 miles14
Herty3.3 miles14
Clawson3.3 miles13
River Crest Estates4.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381610. 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.