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Gulf, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Matagorda-Sargent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77457. It stands on Little Boggy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Matagorda quadrangle.

Gulf within Matagorda County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Gulf between 1993 and 2020, burning about 654 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
13 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE COUNTY DUMP
17 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTROPICAL MANIAC PALM TREE FIRE
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
16 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEVEE GRASS FIRE
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceICW GRASS FIRE
14 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 June 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresBig Boggy National Wildlife RefugeELECTRICBB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Matagorda County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gulf: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gulf Hill MineSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra PurePast Producer1902, 1919, 1970

Every working recorded in Matagorda 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
Gulf Hill3.2 miles8
Matagorda4.5 miles9
Chinquapin6.7 miles7
Chinquapin Landing6.9 miles6
Wadsworth8.0 miles8
Rymers9.7 miles8
Citrus Grove11.5 miles8
Simpsonville13.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381133. 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.