Clifton, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Wills Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75169. It stands on Wills Creek. The Survey maps it on the Iron Bridge Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1956 USGS Emory quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Iron Bridge Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Clifton between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,660 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VZ CO RD 3808 @ FM 2475 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4809 VZCR 3502 |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 470 |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM47 &VZCR 3528 |
| 3 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3724 |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elwood | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Alsa | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Wills Point | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Small | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Edgewood | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fruitvale | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Myrtle Springs | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Scott | 13.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034729. 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.





