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Cole, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75236. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle.

Cole within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

172 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Cole between 2010 and 2017, burning about 123 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined146
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePERRYTON
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTARETTA
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6001-6099 MARVIN D LOVE
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUNCANVILLE RD
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRINIDAD
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceALTOONA
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUMANE
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD GLORY DR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cole: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Dallas QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Dallas Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Texas Ind Inc Dallas LightweightStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Ledbetter Hills0.6 miles21
Kenwood1.2 miles21
Red Bird Addition2.2 miles21
Westwood Park2.3 miles21
Cockrell Hill3.0 miles21
Arcadia Park3.4 miles21
Duncanville3.4 miles21
Lakeview3.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1333081. 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.