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Fox, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76088. The Survey maps it on the Garner quadrangle.

Fox within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

256 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Fox between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,042 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined120
Debris and open burning86
Equipment and vehicle use24
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service713 GREENWOOD CUT OFF ROAD
8 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINERAL WELLS HWY
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceW LAMBERT
5 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service425 CLARK LAKE ROAD
4 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4402 MINERAL WELLS HIGHWAY
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINERAL WELLS HWY
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1500 COLD SPRINGS RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker 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
Greenwood2.7 miles17
Preble3.1 miles18
Lemley3.4 miles18
Cool5.5 miles18
Brock Junction5.5 miles18
Weatherford5.8 miles17
Millsap5.8 miles20
Garner6.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378320. 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.