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Midcity, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Powderly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75411. The Survey maps it on the Pat Mayse Lake East quadrangle.

Midcity within Lamar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

261 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Midcity between 2003 and 2019, burning about 6,516 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 burning133
Missing data/not specified/undetermined85
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
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
7 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE--1017 CR 45300
6 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND
29 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR44150
29 September 2010Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM3298
29 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR36990
27 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2497 FM 2648
2 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service90211

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar 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
Arthur City2.0 miles14
Powderly2.2 miles14
Chicota3.5 miles14
Slate Shoals5.6 miles10
Forest Chapel5.7 miles14
Medill6.6 miles10
Razor7.3 miles14
Hinckley7.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380677. 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.