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Kingswood, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75104. It lies near Inspiration Point. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Hill quadrangle.

Kingswood within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

70 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Kingswood between 2005 and 2020, burning about 940 acres in total. None 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning14
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2321 N 9TH ST
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service67 SB FIRE
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service67 NB BIRE
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7319 CHINABERRY
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePLUME CT
19 September 2017Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2160 N,. WALNUT GROVE RD
9 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLDCASTLE FIRE
8 August 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4711 GIFCO RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kingswood: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Gifford-Hill Cement PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Midlothian Gifford-Hill QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone, Shale

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Cedarview0.7 miles21
Cedar Hill1.5 miles21
River Oaks5.0 miles21
Shamrock5.0 miles21
Pleasant Run5.4 miles21
Woodland Hills6.3 miles21
DeSoto6.4 miles19
Glenn Heights6.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339148. 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.