BlockJagoe, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Denton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76205. It stands on Dry Fork Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Denton West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denton West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Jagoe between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,060 acres in total. None 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 burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4001 S I-35 EAST |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2444 WEST OAK STREET |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1316 EAST MCKINNEY STREET |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2900 N. LOCUST STREET |
| 16 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONG ROAD |
| 23 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9100 TEASLEY |
| 16 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SWISHER ROAD FIRE |
| 11 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DENTON GRASS FIRE FM 2449 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378490. 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.