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Kearny, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Asherton census division. The Survey maps it on the Catarina quadrangle.

Kearny within Dimmit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kearny between 2006 and 2008, burning about 607 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
17 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2008Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 May 2006Arson/incendiarism500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 December 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 December 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dimmit 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
Catarina4.1 miles12
Valley Wells9.7 miles13
Gilson Groves12.7 miles10
Asherton13.7 miles10
Las Vegas14.4 miles8
Big Wells16.1 miles8
Brundage17.5 miles8
Carrizo Hills Colonia19.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378514. 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.