Draco, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76073. The Survey maps it on the Cottondale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1930 USGS Boyd quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Draco between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,528 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3672 |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1951FM 2123 |
| 29 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPRING VALLEY RD |
| 25 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPRING VALLEY CT |
| 9 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3655 |
| 8 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2123 |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3547 RD. FIRE |
| 14 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3672 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottondale | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Paradise | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Balsora | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lucky Ridge | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Boonsville | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rickels | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bridgeport | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Runaway Bay | 8.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378225. 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.





