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Mozelle, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Talpa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76845. It stands on Little Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gouldbusk quadrangle.

Mozelle within Coleman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Mozelle between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,074 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 503 VOSS
27 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHIELDS
2 September 2007Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMELINDA BOULDIN
4 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 304 WILDFIRE
20 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceK. POPE SWATHER WILDFIRE
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2009Natural200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBROWN & JOHNSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coleman 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
Gouldbusk3.2 miles12
Shields3.7 miles12
Voss4.0 miles14
Fisk5.0 miles13
Rockwood9.3 miles13
Hays Crossing9.4 miles14
Leaday (historical)9.8 miles15
Valera11.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1363391. 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.