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Mattox, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Burkeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75977. It stands on Jordan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Mattox within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Mattox between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,055 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 57 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
Arson/incendiarism57
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Arson/incendiarism40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1995Arson/incendiarism100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1995Arson/incendiarism600 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1995Arson/incendiarism190 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton 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
Farrsville2.1 miles9
Indian Hills2.4 miles9
Wiergate3.5 miles9
Shankleville4.1 miles9
Burkeville5.6 miles9
Liberty5.9 miles9
Jamestown6.0 miles9
Weeks Settlement6.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380154. 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.