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Norman, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78634. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coupland quadrangle.

Norman within Williamson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

84 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Norman between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,774 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning20
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined325 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHODDE LANE FIRE
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16-0001381
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0001031
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15-0001152
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
6 August 2015Debris and open burning1,200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLLANO CO.
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000835
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000834

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson 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
Normans Crossing0.3 miles17
Rices Crossing2.1 miles17
Hutto4.4 miles19
Frame Switch4.8 miles15
Coupland6.1 miles17
Taylor6.9 miles15
Type8.1 miles16
Beyersville8.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034661. 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.