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Douglas, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tyler East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75705. The Survey maps it on the Hope Pond quadrangle.

Douglas within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

408 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 408 fires within 5 miles of Douglas between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4,706 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 40 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 burning260
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism40
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking8
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 7129
9 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service348
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use111 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKERR MCGEE FIRE
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service342
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 209
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism538 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 526
7 September 2003Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 162

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith 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
Browning2.4 miles15
New Chapel Hill6.4 miles16
Chapel Hill7.1 miles16
Bascom8.1 miles16
Midway8.5 miles15
Starrville8.6 miles15
Arp8.7 miles15
Owentown8.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378221. 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.