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Eden, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cushing-Douglass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75943. The Survey maps it on the Lake Nacogdoches South quadrangle.

Eden within Nacogdoches County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 705 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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 burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2013Fireworks1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7116
5 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 206
3 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
25 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGARY JOHNSON
24 September 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
24 September 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nacogdoches 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
Alazan3.4 miles11
Winter Hill4.8 miles11
Douglass5.5 miles11
Bonaldo5.6 miles11
Harmony6.1 miles11
Nat8.4 miles11
Fredonia Hill9.8 miles13
County Line10.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034706. 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.