BlockEast Delta, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cooper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75450. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of East Delta between 2005 and 2018, burning about 134 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1202 & FM 895 |
| 27 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURKHART GRASS FIRE |
| 24 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 895 |
| 22 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6/22/14 FM 895 @ CR 1230 WHEAT FIELD FIRE |
| 9 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPKINS 15:57 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Vasco | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pacio | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kensing | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Prattville | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Post Oak | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Creek | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Joy | 8.0 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on East Delta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122551282 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379692. 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.