Gover, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75021. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ambrose quadrangle.

Gover within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Whitesright quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1984 USGS Ambrose quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

35 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Gover between 2005 and 2019, burning about 452 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined	15
Debris and open burning	10
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
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
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ARKANSAS FIRE
1 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HYW 120 E
8 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	DENISON GRASS FIRE
3 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	1045 MIDDLE RD
15 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	RIVER
28 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	3165
17 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	OAK RIDGE ROAD
11 July 2018	Natural	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	E120

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gover: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Lattimore Sand Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Grayson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Carpenters Bluff	1.4 miles	8
Bona	3.2 miles	7
Ambrose	3.7 miles	7
Terrace	4.0 miles	7
Penland	4.4 miles	7
Denison	6.1 miles	13
Mills	6.5 miles	12
Smith Oaks	7.0 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379850. 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.