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Chumley, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the San Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75972. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Augustine East quadrangle.

Chumley within San Augustine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Chumley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 893 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
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
6 September 2013Fireworks15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7113
24 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE - TRANSFORMER
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
11 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 699

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine 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
Black Ankle0.9 miles12
Fords Corner2.0 miles12
White Rock3.7 miles12
Sunrise4.0 miles12
Venable5.7 miles12
San Augustine5.7 miles12
Lanetown5.8 miles12
Conville6.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381639. 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.