Millwood, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Nevada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75189. It stands on Bluff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockwall quadrangle. It stands 505 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1912 USGS Rockwall quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Royse City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rockwall quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Rockwall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
282 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Millwood between 2005 and 2018, burning about 926 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 146 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9641 COUNTY ROAD 1088 - 12076362 |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOLIDAY |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 78 & FM 6 - 11075970 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 66 & FM 1138 - 11075351 |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W FM 6 / N STATE HIGHWAY 78 - 14099438 |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016-904 |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9597 COUNTY ROAD 1088 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lavon | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Nevada | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Deep Water Point Estates | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Little Ridge | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lavon Lake Lodges | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Copeville | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pebble Beach Sunset Acres | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Beverly Hill | 6.3 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Millwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076540 | The 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 1378686. 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.






