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Fort Parker, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Groesbeck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76642. The Survey maps it on the Groesbeck quadrangle.

Fort Parker within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

108 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Fort Parker between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,721 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH RUSK ST
2 September 2008Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9192
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9193
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9191
10 September 2019Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9102
10 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20191516
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service90103

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fort Parker: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General. 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
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Barron Brick Plant and PitClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Limestone 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
Doyle2.3 miles8
Groesbeck2.8 miles8
Thelma3.6 miles8
Horn Hill4.6 miles7
Forest Glade4.8 miles9
Red Hill5.6 miles6
Shiloh6.0 miles8
Lavender6.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379790. 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.