Leverett's Chapel, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Overton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75684. The Survey maps it on the Kilgore SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1971 USGS Kilgore SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
536 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 536 fires within 5 miles of Leverett's Chapel between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,624 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 40 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 burning | 193 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 156 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 511 |
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 128 |
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 295 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 533 |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 153-D COMMAND |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIDE OF 1111 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 517 |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sexton City | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Laird Hill | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Red Level | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pitner Junction | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pirtle | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Overton | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Jacobs | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| New London | 5.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034770. 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.






