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Israel, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. The Survey maps it on the Livingston quadrangle.

Israel within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Israel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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 burning94
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
29 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 935
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceYOUNGBLOOD CHURCH
29 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 8059
29 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLYDE OATES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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
Marston1.4 miles13
Crystal Lakes Country Estates2.5 miles13
Livingston3.1 miles12
New Willard3.8 miles13
Providence5.3 miles12
Leggett5.3 miles13
East Tempe5.6 miles12
West Livingston6.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034835. 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.