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Guda, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Chilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76685. The Survey maps it on the Chilton quadrangle.

Guda within Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

22 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Guda between 2005 and 2020, burning about 130 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE - CHINA SPRING
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service540 RIVERVIEW RD
17 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN/A
26 July 2020Debris and open burning8.6 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEGRATE
4 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJJ FLEWELLEN ROAD FIRE
4 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
19 June 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service527 HONEY LN.
15 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service428 LEVI PRKWY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Falls 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
Satin0.8 miles14
North Prairie2.9 miles14
Golinda3.0 miles15
Rocky Hill4.5 miles8
Chilton5.7 miles14
Triangle5.8 miles8
Tomlinson Hill6.8 miles8
Mooreville6.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379869. 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.