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Concord, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bettie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75644. It stands on Bishop Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bettie quadrangle.

Concord 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

479 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 479 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,698 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 14 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 burning317
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Natural25
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2012Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6237
9 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12-263
8 September 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 640
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND FIRE
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12-261
7 September 2000Smoking4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 382
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service11-375

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 Concord: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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
Delhi Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Upshur County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concord in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindConcord-Numerous trees were blown down as a result of damaging straight line thunderstorm winds.

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
Lone Pine1.3 miles12
Ewell2.6 miles12
Bettie2.9 miles12
Midway3.1 miles12
Friendship3.2 miles12
Delrose3.6 miles12
Union Hill3.8 miles12
Bethlehem4.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378150. 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.