Gladys, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the St. Jo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76265. It stands on Dye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forestburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1905 USGS Montague quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Forestburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Gladys between 2005 and 2018, burning about 32,836 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-156 |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIGHTENING MICHAEL |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RICHARD 341 FIRE |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MONTAGUE FIRE |
| 3 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY LINE FIRE |
| 23 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TREE FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Dye | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Jo | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Forestburg | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Mallard | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Dry Valley | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Bonita | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Montague | 11.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379837. 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.





