BlockBefore

Eureka, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Breckenridge South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76464. The Survey maps it on the Indian Knoll quadrangle.

Eureka within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

14 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Eureka between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,478 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2

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
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST MORAN
8 August 2010Natural88 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEBERLY FIRE
30 August 2020Natural1,120 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1853
22 August 2020Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOLLAND FIRE
15 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGARLITZ
15 July 2008Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHINDMAN
31 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens 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
Mankins Mill4.9 miles13
Eolian6.2 miles13
Harpersville6.6 miles13
Gunsight10.2 miles13
Wayland12.3 miles13
South Hanlon13.8 miles14
Breckenridge14.5 miles14
Necessity15.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034966. 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.