Comanche Village III, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Fort Cavazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76544. The Survey maps it on the Fort Hood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Fort Hood quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Fort Hood quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Fort Hood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Hood quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Fort Hood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
283 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Comanche Village III between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,512 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 205 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1106 RIDGEWAY DR. |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ON WALES DR AT WILLOW SPRINGS RD |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2808 CACTUS DR |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ON S. FT. HOOD ST. @ W CENTRAL TX EXPY |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2808 ALMA DR |
| 26 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 400 W STAN SCHLUETER LP |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4610 STALLION DR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Village II | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Comanche Village I | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Kay Bee Heights | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Montague Village | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| House Crossing | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Copperas Cove | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Middle Crossing | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Elijah Village | 5.9 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563063 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1385235. 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.








