BlockGafford, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Gafford Chapel quadrangle.
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 Gafford Chapel quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Gafford between 2001 and 2014, burning about 416 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN-6231 |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6221 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALKER |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 663 |
| 17 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOORE |
| 16 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6328 |
| 7 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4762 |
| 6 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2653 SOUTH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overland | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Good Neighbor | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Brashear | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ridgeway | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rockdale | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Peerless | 6.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034628. 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.