Hartex, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Holliday census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76310. The Survey maps it on the Holliday quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wichita Falls West quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Holliday quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
164 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Hartex between 2005 and 2020, burning about 6,063 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 76 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9039 SEYMOUR HWY |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE RD FIRE |
| 2 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 368 FIRE |
| 1 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRITTON LANE FIRE |
| 9 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 08/09/2020A |
| 9 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WARREN PLANT ROAD FIRE |
| 6 August 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORD ROAD FIRE |
| 4 August 2016 | Smoking | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THREE WAY ROAD FIRE 1ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hartex: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Barry | Copper | Occurrence | 1873 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holliday | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dads Corner | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mankins | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lakeside City | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Luke Wilson | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Black Flat | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dundee | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Scotland | 15.6 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122546712 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379901. 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.




