BlockFlat Prairie, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Dodd City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75449. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ladonia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ladonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
132 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Flat Prairie (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,693 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROL BURN HWY 34 |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE/TIRES ON FIRE |
| 26 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE/POS.STRUCTURES |
| 22 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Silver City | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bug Tussle | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Ladonia | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bartley Woods | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Bagby | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Flag Springs | 4.1 miles | 6 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 4.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381876. 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.