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Coughlin, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mauriceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77632. The Survey maps it on the Mauriceville quadrangle.

Coughlin within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Coughlin between 1992 and 2016, burning about 980 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism28
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresLivingston AreaWOODVILLE - 9098
8 September 2012Debris and open burning2.6 acresLivingston AreaWOODVILLE - 9099
7 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 224
5 September 2013Fireworks97 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9171
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIVINGSTON - 853
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange 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
Mauriceville1.2 miles13
Lemonville2.0 miles13
Texla2.6 miles13
Gratis3.0 miles13
Kinard Estates3.7 miles13
Stark3.8 miles13
Peveto4.1 miles13
Doty5.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378168. 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.