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Mena, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Annona-Avery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75550. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Annona quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mena within Red River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

82 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Mena (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,682 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2011Debris and open burning18 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARTER#1
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARTER#2
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use250 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2002Debris and open burning60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 175
24 September 2006Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning12 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Red River County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mena (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Red River 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
Annona0.2 miles9
English4.3 miles9
Savannah (historical)5.0 miles8
White Rock5.1 miles10
Peters Prairie5.4 miles8
Madras6.2 miles10
Caney6.3 miles10
Aikin Grove7.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1385440. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.