BlockFlag Springs, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dodd City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75446. The Survey maps it on the Dodd City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bonham quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dodd City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Flag Springs between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,689 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3410 FIRE |
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 3425 |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURGESS FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. 1743 FIRE |
| 26 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 12 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3454 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bartley Woods | 2.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hail | 2.7 miles | 6 | |
| Shady Grove | 2.7 miles | 6 | |
| Burnett | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Oak Ridge | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Windom | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Prairie Point | 3.7 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379773. 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.