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Massa, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Broaddus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75929. It stands on Copelle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harvey Creek quadrangle.

Massa within San Augustine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Massa between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,308 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural9
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1

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 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 867
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN AUGUSTINE 13:54
29 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2013Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7130
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 324
24 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7129
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine 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
Anthony Harbor0.5 miles12
Glen Oaks1.6 miles12
Blue Springs2.9 miles12
White City4.2 miles13
Veach4.4 miles13
Parkway5.7 miles13
Broaddus7.8 miles13
Chinquapin9.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382239. 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.