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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Pat Mayse Lake East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
261 since 2003Regional 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 burning | 133 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE--1017 CR 45300 |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR44150 |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM3298 |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR36990 |
| 27 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2497 FM 2648 |
| 2 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 90211 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur City | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Powderly | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Chicota | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Slate Shoals | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Forest Chapel | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Medill | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Razor | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hinckley | 7.4 miles | 11 |
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.







