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Copeland, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Whitehouse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75791. The Survey maps it on the Bullard quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.

Copeland within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Copeland between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,034 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 burning125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceC.R. 165
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
27 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 571
25 September 2015Debris and open burning3.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJACKSON HEIGHTS GRASS FIRE
23 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
22 September 2016Other causes3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6155
20 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
20 September 2005Debris and open burning12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 275

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith 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 Copeland: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Whitehouse Salt DomeHalite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence1927

Every working recorded in Smith 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
Whitehouse2.6 miles16
Antioch2.7 miles14
Elberta3.9 miles16
Gresham4.2 miles14
Walnut Grove4.5 miles14
Flint4.8 miles14
New Hope5.2 miles14
Blackjack5.5 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on CopelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076448The 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 1378156. 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.