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Mayd, 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 Sadler quadrangle.

Mayd 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

92 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Mayd between 1996 and 2019, burning about 4,220 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGUNTER RD
9 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTHMAYD RD
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGIBBONS
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTHMAYD RD
8 August 2016Natural40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEAVER RD
8 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1,700 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGAGE
6 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOCUST STREET FIRE
31 August 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD SOUTHMAYD

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
Thorne2.0 miles12
Southmayd3.0 miles12
Sadler3.1 miles12
Macomb3.5 miles12
Gage4.1 miles12
Steedham4.4 miles12
Whitesboro4.6 miles12
Hanger5.8 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122544084The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377141. 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.