Mattson, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Haskell census division. The Survey maps it on the Mattson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Mattson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Haskell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Mattson between 2005 and 2015, burning about 1,196 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0906A |
| 22 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0922A |
| 1 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WELDING FIRE |
| 24 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 266 FIRE |
| 13 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 227 FIRE |
| 12 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 226 & 227 |
| 8 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 266 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josselet | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Weinert | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Irby | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Haskell | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Scott Crossing | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pinkerton | 13.4 miles | 8 | |
| Paint Creek | 13.6 miles | 7 | |
| Rochester | 14.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380155. 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.



