Kiam, 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 Hortense quadrangle.

Kiam 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.

1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Camden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

151 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Kiam between 1994 and 2020, burning about 971 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 17 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	85
Arson/incendiarism	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Natural	10
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Fireworks	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1

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
5 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama-Coushatta Tribe	HOLDER RD.
27 September 2020	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	POLK 11:40
21 September 2009	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama-Coushatta Tribe	ORAN RD.
7 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 681
7 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	87 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 682
27 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	SOUTH LOOP REBURN
24 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 757
23 August 2009	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Alabama-Coushatta Tribe	MIDWAY LOOP

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Camp Ruby	5.0 miles	12
New Camp Ruby	5.1 miles	12
Indian Springs	5.9 miles	12
Ollie	6.0 miles	13
Hortense	6.3 miles	12
Dallardsville	9.2 miles	12
Barnes	9.5 miles	12
Lily Island	10.3 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034789. 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.