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Cuyler, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the White Deer-Groom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79097. The Survey maps it on the Cuyler quadrangle.

Cuyler within Carson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

69 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Cuyler between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,864 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use19
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 September 2015Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 60 AND CR 12 GRASS FIRE 67
30 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFEED LOT FIRE
29 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRR GRASS FIRE
20 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRP GRASS FIRE
19 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 60 AND COUNTY ROAD R
31 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANFORD YAKE 126
27 July 2017Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 60 & CR 12
16 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID WITH PANHANDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carson 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
White Deer6.2 miles6
Panhandle6.4 miles6
Abell9.9 miles6
Cargray10.2 miles6
Lark12.7 miles7
Pomeroy12.9 miles7
Lee13.4 miles6
Skellytown13.7 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379625. 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.