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Hendrix, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Caddo Mills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75135. It stands on Payne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville SW quadrangle.

Hendrix within Hunt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

201 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Hendrix between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,629 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined89
Debris and open burning82
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2013Fireworks6.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJT FIRE
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCROWELL RD FIRE
5 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3440 C.R. 2173
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2013384
3 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1635 HOLLOWAY LN.
23 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 6
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011119
22 September 2011Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 2712 & CR 2706

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hunt 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
Caddo Mills3.1 miles6
Burrow3.2 miles9
Clinton5.6 miles6
Meadowview6.4 miles6
Union Valley6.6 miles11
Mount Bethel6.9 miles6
Cash7.0 miles13
Pleasant Valley7.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378438. 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.