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Harrells, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Call census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75956. It stands on Whitman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bleakwood quadrangle.

Harrells within Newton 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

395 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 395 fires within 5 miles of Harrells between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,894 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 81 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
Debris and open burning249
Arson/incendiarism81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
8 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2013Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLIAM ROSEMAN
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOOD FIRE
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined94 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON-957
30 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 325
30 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceK10-125
29 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceK10-127

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton 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
Adsul1.7 miles9
Bleakwood1.9 miles9
Trout Creek3.5 miles9
Call4.3 miles9
Howards6.3 miles9
Sandjack6.8 miles12
Pine Grove7.4 miles9
Fawil7.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379898. 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.