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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.

Cox 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

295 since 1992

Regional 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 burning175
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUPSHUR 01:47
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4510
7 September 2000Smoking4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 382
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service11-375
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined511 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLEMATIS FIRE
29 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6201
29 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Delhi Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Upshur County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCox-A tree was downed on Astor Road and FM. 2796.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCox-Several trees were downed northwest of Ore City, Texas.

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
LaFayette2.5 miles12
New Mountain2.9 miles12
Lone Pine3.9 miles12
Ewell4.2 miles12
Concord4.7 miles12
Coffeeville4.9 miles12
Cedar Springs5.5 miles13
Midway6.1 miles12

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.