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Luna, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Teague census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75860. It stands on Bob Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dew quadrangle.

Luna within Freestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

164 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Luna between 1996 and 2020, burning about 636 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined82
Debris and open burning55
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
8 September 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTIAL AID FCR 711 & HWY 179
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE FCR 711
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceREKINDLE HWY 179
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceM/A GRASS FIRE HWY 164
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFCR 711 & HWY 179

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Freestone 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
Freestone1.8 miles8
Avant Prairie4.4 miles8
Dew5.1 miles8
Donie5.2 miles8
Teague6.2 miles8
Marshy Springs6.5 miles8
Concord8.7 miles8
Lanely9.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380879. 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.