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Center Point, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Big Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75755. It stands on Bee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Big Sandy quadrangle.

Center Point within Upshur 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

468 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 468 fires within 5 miles of Center Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,660 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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 burning274
Missing data/not specified/undetermined101
Equipment and vehicle use27
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Arson/incendiarism14
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Natural7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
9 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEPT09-2012A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePERSIMMON
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2685 BEFORE GLADEWATER CITY LIMITS
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOCUST RD.
7 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service201409071
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1289 IRONWOOD
6 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 377
5 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service145

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upshur County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Center Point: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Sandy Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Upshur 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
Pritchett3.5 miles13
Wilkins3.8 miles13
Phillips3.8 miles12
Mings Chapel4.0 miles12
Big Sandy5.1 miles13
West Mountain5.5 miles12
Pattonfield5.9 miles12
Union Grove5.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034760. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.