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Laman, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Daingerfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75656. The Survey maps it on the Lone Star quadrangle.

Laman within Morris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

264 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Laman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,867 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 34 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 burning139
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism34
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural9
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMORRIS 12:45
5 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service90514
5 September 1997Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILLCREST FIRE
30 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service930151
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010086
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 471

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morris County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Laman: 9 occurrences, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free. 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
Lone Star DepositsIron, Water, FreePast Producer1830, 1855
Oak Grove-Rock Springs DepositIron, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Chambers-HughesIronOccurrence
Chambers-Hughes DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Ed WestIronOccurrence
Ed West DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
Hooten Hill DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Lone Star Steel Hughes Springs MineIronPast Producer
Lone Star Steel Limonite PitsIronPast Producer
Lone Star Steel Main PitsIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morris 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
Jenkins3.4 miles12
Lone Star4.0 miles12
Daingerfield4.8 miles11
Gillis6.5 miles9
Rocky Branch9.0 miles11
Cason9.3 miles9
Mount Mitchell12.3 miles9
Omaha14.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378554. 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.