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Horton, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75931. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle.

Horton within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

364 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 364 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,379 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 51 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 burning195
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Natural20
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
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 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKESHORE WOODS FIRE
9 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKESHORE GROUND COVER
9 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 9100
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 198
4 September 2000Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 614
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 669
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 609

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 Horton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast 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
Browndell2.7 miles9
Sam Rayburn3.9 miles13
Collins4.8 miles9
Harrisburg5.6 miles9
New Blox6.2 miles9
Blox6.7 miles9
Ferguson9.6 miles13
Harveytown9.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379960. 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.