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Kelly, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Anna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75409. It stands on Whites Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anna quadrangle. It stands 689 feet above sea level.

Kelly within Collin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

109 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Kelly between 2005 and 2016, burning about 1,174 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
8 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service12076439
3 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service75&455
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service10076006
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceANNA FIRE
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burning24 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWESTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin 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
Weston2.8 miles7
Anna3.8 miles8
Chambersville4.0 miles7
Melissa5.8 miles8
Roland6.0 miles7
Parris (historical)7.6 miles8
Sedalia7.8 miles7
Chambliss8.0 miles7

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on KellyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076510The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380023. 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.