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Little Ridge, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nevada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75173. The Survey maps it on the Lavon quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.

Little Ridge 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

245 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Little Ridge between 2005 and 2020, burning about 863 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Equipment and vehicle use27
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural1

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 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15571 CR 543 - 11076947
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 78 & FM 6 - 11075970
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service18654 CR 913 - 11075679
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceW FM 6 / N STATE HIGHWAY 78 - 14099438
29 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 966 AND COUNTY ROAD 487
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1154 ROLLING MEADOW DR - 14098364
27 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12454 S STATE HIGHWAY 205 - 13089170
26 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10489 STATE HIGHWAY 205 - 14097962

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Deep Water Point Estates0.4 miles11
Pebble Beach Sunset Acres1.5 miles11
Beverly Hill1.9 miles11
Copeville2.4 miles11
Clear Lake2.4 miles11
Lavon2.7 miles11
Yucote Acres2.9 miles11
Lavon Lake Lodges3.1 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on Little RidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076525The 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 1340160. 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.