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Centerville, Texas

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75043. The Survey maps it on the Rowlett quadrangle.

Centerville within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

47 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 2001 and 2016, burning about 297 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLA PRADA
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceEL CAPITAN
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCACTUS
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCREE
9 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH BRANCH - 3
30 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOCHWOOD
26 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMILLMAR
17 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePLASTICAN UNITS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas 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
Rose Hill2.5 miles20
Garland2.6 miles20
Zacha Junction2.7 miles21
White Rock3.2 miles20
Embree (historical)3.2 miles20
Rowlett3.5 miles22
Bethard4.2 miles20
New Hope4.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378109. 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.