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Coffeeville, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ore City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75683. It lies near Brown Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Coffeeville quadrangle.

Coffeeville within Upshur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Coffeeville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,127 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 13 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 burning141
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Smoking2

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
8 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUPSHUR 01:47
7 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6222
3 September 2002Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 173
27 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6196
26 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1994Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upshur County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coffeeville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Lone Star Iron Mine & ConcentratorIronProducer

Every working recorded in Upshur County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coffeeville in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023HailCoffeeville-Hen egg size hail reported along Highway 259 just north of Ore City.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindCoffeeville-Trees down on Sweet William Road.

Every storm recorded in Upshur 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
New Mountain2.8 miles12
Ore City2.8 miles13
Cedar Springs3.0 miles13
Boxwood3.1 miles12
Snow Hill3.8 miles12
Cox4.9 miles12
Stamps5.2 miles12
Sand Hill5.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378140. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.