Dreka, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Shelbyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75973. The Survey maps it on the Patroon North quadrangle.

Dreka within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1944 USGS Patroon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Patroon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1984 USGS Patroon North quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Natchitoches quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2003 USGS Patroon North quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Dreka between 1993 and 2017, burning about 287 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Arson/incendiarism	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Smoking	3
Other causes	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
29 September 2010	Power generation/transmission/distribution	4.7 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	SHEEP DOG FIRE
2 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HENDERSON - 204
4 August 2006	Smoking	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HENDERSON - 451
31 August 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HENDERSON - 197
26 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.3 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	HARMONY
26 August 1996	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
25 August 2010	Smoking	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HENDERSON - 096
9 July 1998	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	CHICKEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Jordans Store	1.3 miles	14
Goober Hill	2.1 miles	14
West Hamilton (historical)	3.0 miles	14
Ragtown	3.5 miles	14
Patroon	3.8 miles	14
Hurstown	4.2 miles	12
East Liberty	4.3 miles	12
Alexanders Store	4.3 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381789. 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.