Cox, 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 Spratt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coffeeville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Coffeeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
295 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Cox between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,829 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 13 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 burning | 175 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UPSHUR 01:47 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4510 |
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 382 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-375 |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 511 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLEMATIS FIRE |
| 29 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6201 |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cox: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cox in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2016: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cox | - | A tree was downed on Astor Road and FM. 2796. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cox | - | Several trees were downed northwest of Ore City, Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaFayette | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| New Mountain | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lone Pine | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ewell | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Concord | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Coffeeville | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Springs | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 6.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034839. 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.



