BlockNewark Beach, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Boyd-Rhome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76071. It stands on Derrett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Azle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1932 USGS Springtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Azle quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Newark Beach between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,403 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 217 CR 4860 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13350 BRIAR RD |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 960 JENNINGS LN |
| 27 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EPSON SALT |
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 354 BRAMMER |
| 4 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD BASE RD |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD BASE |
| 21 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 114/ALLIANCE BLVD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newark Beach: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Portland Newark Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q111908899 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1342558. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.