Fosterville, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Frankston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75803. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Poynor quadrangle. It stands 427 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Poynor quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Fosterville between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,902 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 210 |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PIERCE |
| 5 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7101 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POVERTY HILL |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 128 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 216 |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 584 |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIS FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GLADOAKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fosterville: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poynor Deposits | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Creek | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Elmwood | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Frankston | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pert | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Elmtown | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bois d'Arc | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bradford | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Todd City | 9.6 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Fosterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076483 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378317. 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.






