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Ferguson, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75951. It stands on Ward Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ebenezer quadrangle.

Ferguson within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Ferguson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,479 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 32 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 burning74
Arson/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In Texasnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
2 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 8062
14 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8079
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIVE MILE PRARIE HUNTING CLUB
13 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMA ARFD LETNEY RD GROUND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper 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 Ferguson: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
UnknownSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper 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
Ebenezer1.2 miles13
Harveytown2.8 miles13
Westwood3.6 miles13
Homer5.4 miles15
Sam Rayburn5.8 miles13
Bevilport7.8 miles15
Curtis8.9 miles13
New Blox8.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381867. 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.