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Heartland, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Forney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75126. The Survey maps it on the Forney South quadrangle.

Heartland within Kaufman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

97 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Heartland between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,763 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning35
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDALLAS EAST
27 September 2012Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST SPUR
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined325 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTITZLE ROAD
15 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS HWY 175
4 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOURTNAY
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHELMS TRAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kaufman 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
Markout2.3 miles12
Talty3.7 miles12
Forney3.9 miles12
Crandall4.5 miles12
Gastonia6.2 miles11
Lawrence6.8 miles10
Lone Star7.0 miles10
Combine7.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805802. 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.