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Hoot, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Maud-Redwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75501. The Survey maps it on the Domino quadrangle. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Hoot within Bowie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

233 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Hoot between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,328 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 burning136
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Arson/incendiarism24
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service420 STIPP LANE
8 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUCHANAN RD/SMITH RD
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 634
3 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bowie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Hoot: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hoot Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bowie 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
Sulphur1.2 miles19
Eylau5.0 miles21
South Texarkana5.0 miles21
Texarkana6.6 miles21
Hartman7.2 miles18
Wake Village7.4 miles21
Nash8.9 miles18
Red Springs9.3 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on HootAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5898646The 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 1379954. 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.