Longpoint, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gay Hill-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77835. The Survey maps it on the Burton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Longpoint between 1999 and 2020, burning about 533 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9501 290 WEST |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 290/OLD BURTON ROAD |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8500 290 WEST |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OVERLOOK PARK |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHEPARD MOUNTAIN RANCH FIRE |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHEPARD MOUTAIN |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONGPOINT ROAD FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehburg | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gay Hill | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Zionville | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Quarry | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Union Hill | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Burton | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Mill Creek | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Berlin | 6.3 miles | 10 |
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 Longpoint | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120289906 | The 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 1378608. 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.


