BlockNew Fairview, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Boyd-Rhome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76078. The Survey maps it on the Rhome 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rhome quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
225 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of New Fairview between 2006 and 2020, burning about 548 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRUCTURE / GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 114 |
| 25 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 135 CHISOLM HILLS DR. |
| 22 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 354 BRAMMER |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUSINESS HWY 287 N. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2071863. 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.