BlockOld Salem, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Boston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75570. It stands on Peters Branch. The Survey maps it on the Malta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1930 USGS Bassett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Malta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Old Salem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,318 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 149 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6233 |
| 4 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DANIEL |
| 26 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4010 |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 632 |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| College Hill | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Boston | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| New Boston | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hubbard | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| De Kalb | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Siloam | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Old Boston | 6.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380303. 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.