BlockGarretts Bluff, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sumner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75411. The Survey maps it on the Pat Mayse Lake West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Pat Mayse Lake West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Garretts Bluff between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,762 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 19 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 649 |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1499N 1.0 MILES |
| 22 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 92214 |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 197 |
| 4 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHICOTA080412C |
| 25 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 89 acres | Talihina Agency | BIG BERTHA |
| 2 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6140 |
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 Garretts Bluff: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garretts Bluff in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garretts Bluff | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down throughout the western portions of the county. A severe thunderstorm crossed the Red River moving northwest to southeast across the county. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Garretts Bluff | - | Amateur radio reported that CR 36650 and FM 197 were both closed due to high water. Other county roads across the northern portions of the county also had to be barricaded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belk | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ragtown | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bunker Hill | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Razor | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Chapel | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| East Direct | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Direct | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Unity | 7.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357907. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.