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Chipley, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Victoria West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77901. It lies near Goldmans Hill. The Survey maps it on the Victoria West quadrangle.

Chipley within Victoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

247 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Chipley between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,461 acres in total. None 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/undetermined111
Debris and open burning84
Equipment and vehicle use23
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSUTTON MOTT
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJUAN LINN 2
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSW MOODY
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOODY
29 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDELORAS
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 446
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 236 GRASS FIRE
12 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOUSTON HIGHWAY SPOT FIRES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Victoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chipley: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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
Chipley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Fordyce Co Chipley Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Victoria Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Victoria 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
Victoria2.1 miles9
Aloe2.5 miles9
Quail Creek2.6 miles9
Dupre4.2 miles9
Hughes4.2 miles8
Raisin5.4 miles8
Coletoville6.1 miles8
Guadalupe6.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379543. 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.