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Homer, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75951. It stands on Flat Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pace Hill quadrangle.

Homer within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Homer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,937 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 43 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 burning60
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 876
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 870
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest Service034-Q-4
21 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 76
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIVINGSTON - 905
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8077

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Homer: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jasper 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
Bevilport4.5 miles15
Ebenezer4.8 miles13
Ferguson5.4 miles13
Harveytown7.5 miles13
Westwood7.9 miles13
Curtis8.3 miles13
Science Hall8.9 miles13
Beech Grove9.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1383668. 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.