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Halsell, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Henrietta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76365. The Survey maps it on the Deer Creek quadrangle.

Halsell within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

122 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Halsell between 2006 and 2020, burning about 7,452 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined63
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Debris and open burning10
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresTexas A & M Forest Service90908
6 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePAWNEE POINT FIRE
25 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRINKI ROAD FIRE
25 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUNNY RUN
17 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEDWARDS
6 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1883 & BRIXIE ROAD
5 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST LAKE GRASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay 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
Deer Creek6.5 miles8
Bluegrove6.8 miles7
Frame9.3 miles8
Jolly10.0 miles8
Henrietta10.4 miles8
Raymond11.3 miles10
Joy12.0 miles7
Dickworsham12.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379882. 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.