BlockMount Joy, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cooper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75432. It stands on Justiss Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Charleston quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Mount Joy between 2005 and 2018, burning about 274 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY.19 |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 46 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 552 |
| 30 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4215 |
| 3 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2949 |
| 15 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 198 W |
| 31 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Joy Crossing | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Creek | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Enloe | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Prattville | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pacio | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Post Oak | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Charleston | 7.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380218. 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.