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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.

Gladys within Montague County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

51 since 2005

Regional 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 use16
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2013-156
9 August 2011Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIGHTENING MICHAEL
9 August 2011Natural35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRICHARD 341 FIRE
8 August 2011Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMONTAGUE FIRE
3 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY LINE FIRE
23 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTREE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montague 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
Hardy2.8 miles10
Dye5.1 miles10
Saint Jo5.3 miles10
Forestburg6.2 miles10
Mallard7.6 miles10
Dry Valley10.2 miles10
Bonita10.6 miles9
Montague11.3 miles10

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.