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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.

Draco within Wise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

76 since 2005

Regional 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3672
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1951FM 2123
29 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPRING VALLEY RD
25 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPRING VALLEY CT
9 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3655
8 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2123
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use400 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3547 RD. FIRE
14 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3672

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wise 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
Cottondale3.4 miles9
Paradise4.4 miles10
Balsora5.8 miles9
Lucky Ridge6.2 miles9
Boonsville6.8 miles9
Rickels7.0 miles10
Bridgeport7.3 miles10
Runaway Bay8.3 miles8

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.