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Fredonia Hill, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nacogdoches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75964. It stands on Bonita Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nacogdoches South quadrangle.

Fredonia Hill within Nacogdoches County

On record in Fredonia Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 11 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Fredonia Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 571 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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 burning119
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 488
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 429
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 479
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINGHAM AIRPORT
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNACOGDOCHES 11:45
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTROY CHANDLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nacogdoches 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
Hayward Junction0.9 miles13
Nacogdoches0.9 miles13
Orton Hill1.4 miles13
Bonita Junction3.9 miles12
Redfield6.0 miles12
Plainview6.3 miles12
Alazan6.5 miles11
Oak Ridge6.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357703. 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.