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Lakeland Heights, 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 75051. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle.

Lakeland Heights 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

78 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Lakeland Heights between 2006 and 2017, burning about 90 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined59
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTARETTA
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUNCANVILLE RD
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceS WLATON WALKER
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNAVY
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOROCCO
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3000 MOUNTAIN CREEK PKWY.
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPUR 408
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service40125 LBJ FRWY.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Lakeview0.9 miles21
Grand Prairie1.8 miles21
Cole3.6 miles21
Ledbetter Hills3.6 miles21
Florence Hill3.9 miles18
Kenwood4.2 miles21
Arcadia Park4.2 miles21
Red Bird Addition5.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339531. 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.