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Macomb, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76273. The Survey maps it on the Ethel quadrangle.

Macomb within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

86 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Macomb between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2,426 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGUNTER RD
6 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOCUST STREET FIRE
25 August 2006Arson/incendiarism420 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTHMAYD- 212
2 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMAIN ST FIRE
17 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD TOWN ROAD
13 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minor50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOREN RD
1 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHADOW VALLEY/CLEMENTS RD
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINNIS @ COBBLER RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson 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
Mayd3.5 miles12
Ethel3.8 miles12
Collinsville3.9 miles12
Thorne4.4 miles12
Whitesboro4.8 miles12
Southmayd5.1 miles12
Sadler5.8 miles12
Gage7.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380125. 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.