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Joe, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75021. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Denison Dam quadrangle.

Joe within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

84 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Joe between 2005 and 2019, burning about 254 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 91
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceU.S.75
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMORTON
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEQUOIA
19 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceN US HWY 75 MEDIAN FIRE
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARVEY
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 120
1 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHYW 120 E

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Joe: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Grayson County Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grayson Pits & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grayson 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
Red River City0.2 miles13
Warner Junction0.3 miles13
Ray1.7 miles13
Shawnee1.9 miles13
Denison3.0 miles13
Mills4.9 miles12
Frontier Village5.7 miles12
Bona6.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380005. 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.