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Cozy Corner, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the La Grange West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78945. The Survey maps it on the Ammannsville quadrangle.

Cozy Corner within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Cozy Corner between 1993 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
7 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePINEY CREEK RD
30 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 28
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 24
21 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 20
18 August 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1997Debris and open burning35 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cozy Corner: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Halsted MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerFlint, Gravel
Holman Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
La Grange PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lagrange PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Mullins Prairie2.0 miles10
La Grange3.5 miles11
Joiner3.6 miles10
Hostyn3.9 miles10
Wendt4.3 miles11
Halsted4.8 miles10
Ammannsville4.9 miles10
Gay Hill5.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378174. 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.