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Lucky Ridge, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Boyd-Rhome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76023. The Survey maps it on the Cottondale quadrangle.

Lucky Ridge within Wise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

113 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Lucky Ridge between 2005 and 2018, burning about 750 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPRING VALLEY CT
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service500 SMITH ROAD
8 August 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3791
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4577
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4691
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4791
29 August 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR4680
24 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHREE SKILLET ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wise 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
Cottondale2.8 miles9
Keeter2.9 miles12
Boyd6.2 miles12
Draco6.2 miles9
Fairview6.6 miles12
Briar7.2 miles20
Annaville7.6 miles12
Paradise7.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378620. 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.