Mount Vernon, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Kennard-Ratcliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75847. It stands on Owens Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kennard NE quadrangle.

Mount Vernon within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1950 USGS Kennard NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Kennard NE quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2004 USGS Kennard NE quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Mount Vernon between 1992 and 2017, burning about 611 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 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	31
Arson/incendiarism	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Natural	8
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Other causes	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 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	PORTFIELD TIMBER 2
8 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	KOA CAMP GROUND
7 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HENDERSON - 7124
6 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	45 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	CONNER
21 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
15 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	not named
13 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	UNKNOWN
12 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	LEWIE BYERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ratcliff	3.0 miles	11
Plain	3.2 miles	12
McKinleyville (historical)	3.7 miles	12
Allen Chapel	4.2 miles	10
Colthorp	4.3 miles	10
Hagerville	4.4 miles	11
Tadmor	4.9 miles	11
Fog Town	5.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034826. 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.