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Clara, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Burkburnett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76367. The Survey maps it on the Clara quadrangle.

Clara within Wichita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

200 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Clara between 2006 and 2020, burning about 5,630 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined120
Power generation/transmission/distribution33
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning11
Natural8

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 2012Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIELY RANCH & WALKER
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use52 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGOETZE LEASE
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHITED DERRICK FIRE
26 September 2012Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKASPER FIRE
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVAN LOW
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEEN FM369N FIRE
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGULF LAKE
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWALKER RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wichita County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clara: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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
Thrift-1CopperOccurrence1979
Unknown Shale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wichita 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
Thrift4.7 miles9
Burkburnett6.7 miles15
Iowa Park9.8 miles11
Fowlkes9.9 miles10
Bacon10.5 miles9
Cashion Community11.1 miles15
Haynesville11.6 miles12
Pleasant Valley12.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034957. 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.