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Lansing, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hallsville census division. The Survey maps it on the Longview Heights quadrangle.

Lansing within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 13 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

501 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 501 fires within 5 miles of Lansing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,536 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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 burning269
Missing data/not specified/undetermined121
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking9
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARRISON 22:15
9 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service140000288
8 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service140000285
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-25628
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-20225
7 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST MAIN
6 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service140000283
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARRELL AVE @ JANE ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison 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
Hallsville2.8 miles13
Longview Heights2.8 miles13
Noonday3.8 miles13
Gum Springs4.3 miles16
Friendship (historical)5.1 miles13
Estes5.3 miles16
Mulberry Springs6.4 miles13
Carterville6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378560. 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.