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Lavon Shores Estates, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75407. It stands on Ticky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lavon quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.

Lavon Shores Estates within Collin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

135 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Lavon Shores Estates between 2005 and 2017, burning about 372 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2

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 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-365
6 September 2014Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-362
29 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 966 AND COUNTY ROAD 487
20 September 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH BRANCH - 217
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 549 AND COUNTY ROAD 980
1 September 2013Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0254
9 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14834 CR 546

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lavon Shores Estates: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Collin 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
Yucote Acres0.4 miles11
Lavon Beach Estates1.6 miles11
Culleoka1.9 miles10
Branch2.0 miles12
Clear Lake2.1 miles11
Pebble Beach Sunset Acres2.1 miles11
New Mesquite2.5 miles11
Beverly Hill2.6 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q22076518The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339729. 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.