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Goldfinch, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pearsall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78005. The Survey maps it on the Goldfinch quadrangle.

Goldfinch within Frio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

52 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Goldfinch between 2005 and 2020, burning about 954 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE MUTUAL AID FRIO COUNTY
11 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 472 & CR 2605
1 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2008Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceE HWY 85 @ SAN MIGUEL
3 August 2015Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4239 CR 3314
3 August 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEAGER RANCH CR3314
28 August 2011Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGOLD FINCH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Frio 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
Miguel5.3 miles9
Schattel6.6 miles9
Pearsall East Colonia10.7 miles10
Las Flores11.7 miles8
Pearsall12.0 miles10
Orelia12.0 miles8
North Pearsall12.4 miles10
Alta Vista Colonia12.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1358124. 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.