BlockGreenwood, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pickton-Pine Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75478. The Survey maps it on the Purley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Purley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1998 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3170, JUST NORTH OF CR 3250 |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3090 |
| 23 September 2005 | Smoking | 230 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 390 |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 190 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 391 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3230 |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6468 HWY 37 S |
| 22 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3110 / HINK POST DAIRY |
| 13 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3110 / NORTH OF FM 900 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwood in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Winterfield | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Forest | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Morris Grove | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bethel | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Saltillo | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pickton | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Humble | 6.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379861. 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.
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.