BlockChina Grove, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hermleigh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79526. The Survey maps it on the China Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1952 USGS China Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of China Grove between 2006 and 2017, burning about 535 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FULLER RANCH 2 FIRE |
| 19 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURNBO |
| 14 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRESCOTT |
| 10 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3138 |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUNN CEMETARY |
| 20 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHITSY |
| 19 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUNN |
| 26 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE OF TEXAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1332768. 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.