Lebanon, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Whitney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76622. It stands on Tener Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smiths Bend quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1920 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Whitney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Smiths Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,713 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR 2200 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 364 HCR 2200 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL GHOLSON |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MURPHY FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 958 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDAR RIDGE FIRE |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVID SNIPES |
| 16 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM933 |
| 14 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 996 FM 2114 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Spivey Crossing | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Aquilla | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie Valley | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Menlow | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Woodland Hills | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Vaughan | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Whitney | 10.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380071. 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.






