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Central Heights, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nacogdoches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75965. The Survey maps it on the Nacogdoches North quadrangle.

Central Heights within Nacogdoches County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Central Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 871 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 burning84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 530
8 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 529
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 509
4 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON-7121
4 September 1998Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20110925
24 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOUGLASS VFD/MUTUAL AID

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nacogdoches 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
Redfield1.9 miles12
Mahl2.0 miles12
North Redland2.3 miles12
Caro3.8 miles11
Appleby3.9 miles12
Bonita Junction3.9 miles12
Pleasant Hill5.3 miles11
Trawick5.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1354222. 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.