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Moffitt, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Lufkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75901. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redland quadrangle.

Moffitt within Angelina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Moffitt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,509 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 45 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 burning125
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service55-2012
7 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 694
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 667
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 662
3 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1084-5
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Angelina County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Moffitt: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite. 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
Bennett Clark Bentonite PitBentonitePast Producer
General MillsBentoniteProducer
Southern Clay Products PitBentoniteProducer
Unnamed PitBentonitePast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Angelina 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
Platt2.2 miles15
River Crest Estates2.3 miles15
Davisville3.6 miles15
Herty3.6 miles14
Dunagan3.9 miles14
Redland4.2 miles15
Cedar Grove4.8 miles15
Alco5.0 miles14

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 MoffittAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q110443109The 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 1382314. 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.