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Munson, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the South Rockwall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75189. It stands on Sabine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Royse City quadrangle.

Munson within Rockwall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

88 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Munson between 2000 and 2020, burning about 514 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMC
5 September 2013Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
24 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSKYE LANE
2 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 35 & CR 2546
16 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH BRANCH - 402
13 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANTA FE
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2432 FIRE
8 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRENSHAW FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockwall 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
Blackland2.7 miles11
Fate5.4 miles16
Chisholm5.6 miles10
Royse City5.7 miles11
McLendon-Chisholm5.8 miles13
McLendon6.0 miles13
Mobile City6.2 miles16
Rockwall8.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378720. 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.