BlockMorris Grove, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pickton-Pine Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75494. It stands on Wilcox Branch. The Survey maps it on the Purley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Purley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Morris Grove between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,037 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3170, JUST NORTH OF CR 3250 |
| 27 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 241 |
| 23 September 2005 | Smoking | 230 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 390 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3230 |
| 22 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 652 |
| 14 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6468 HWY 37 S |
| 23 August 2019 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANKLIN 18:04 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Harmony | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Humble | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Winterfield | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pickton | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Greenwood | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bethel | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Forest | 6.4 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122552430 | 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 1380213. 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.