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Cozart, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Merkel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79563. It lies near East Peak. The Survey maps it on the Merkel East quadrangle.

Cozart within Taylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

86 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Cozart between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,292 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural14
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRACTOR FIRE
6 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service354 FIRE
3 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service421 MCGHEE ROAD
1 September 2020Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEIL
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE
6 August 2017Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor 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 Cozart: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Whites Mines Buzzard Mtn View QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Taylor 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
Mount Pleasant0.9 miles15
View5.1 miles15
Blair5.7 miles14
Caps6.2 miles15
Merkel6.4 miles14
Tye7.0 miles18
Wylie10.0 miles15
Buffalo Gap10.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378173. 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.