Chambliss, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Anna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75409. It stands on Brinlee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blue Ridge quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Chambliss within Collin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Blue Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

82 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Chambliss between 2005 and 2020, burning about 337 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined	38
Debris and open burning	32
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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
9 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 500 GRASS FIRE
8 September 2012	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	12076439
7 September 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
28 September 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ELM STREET BRUSH FIRE
24 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
13 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GLENWOOD
12 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	FM 545 BRUSH FIRE
12 September 2015	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 500 GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin 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 Chambliss: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Collin 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Valdasta	1.3 miles	7
Altoga	3.1 miles	10
Melissa	4.2 miles	8
Verona	4.3 miles	7
Anna	4.7 miles	8
Blue Ridge	5.0 miles	7
Westminster	5.0 miles	7
Fayburg	6.0 miles	7

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Chambliss	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076433	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379531. 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.