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Harpersville, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Breckenridge South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76437. It lies near Double mountain. The Survey maps it on the Harpersville quadrangle.

Harpersville within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

28 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Harpersville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 6,006 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 162-BELDING FIRE
10 September 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOLWICK FIRE
27 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use40 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1032 FIRE
26 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCINTIRE FIRE
1 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOMPRESSOR STATION FIRE
9 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR.162
26 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4,935 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR156 FIRE
23 July 2017Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service192

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens 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
Gunsight5.2 miles13
Wayland5.7 miles13
Eolian6.3 miles13
Eureka6.6 miles11
Mankins Mill7.5 miles13
Necessity9.1 miles12
South Hanlon9.3 miles14
Breckenridge10.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378421. 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.