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Embree, Texas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75040. The Survey maps it on the Garland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Embree within Dallas County

On record in Embree

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

27 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Embree (historical) between 2009 and 2018, burning about 66 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCREE
2 August 2013Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
19 August 2011Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSASCHE
12 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceUPLAND
31 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service9999 WALNUT
24 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service11946 OAK HIGHLANDS
8 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFOREST LN
10 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEAN & KAY SHIPP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Embree (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pilliaro Pit & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Garland1.0 miles20
Naaman2.1 miles20
Shiloh2.7 miles20
Centerville3.2 miles22
Bethard3.6 miles20
Pleasant Valley3.7 miles22
Rowlett3.7 miles22
Sachse4.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034651. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.