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Parker, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Old River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77836. The Survey maps it on the Tunis quadrangle.

Parker within Burleson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

75 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Parker between 1998 and 2020, burning about 341 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSNOOKMUTUALAID
9 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6151 CR 296
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE
4 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOBBS GRASS FIRECYD 216
30 September 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3122
27 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12-0004999 SILVER HILL GRASS FIRE
26 September 2002Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 42
25 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURN BAN VIOLATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burleson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parker: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Burleson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parker in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015Thunderstorm WindParker-Three trees were downed near the intersection of Highway 21 and the Brazos River.

Every storm recorded in Burleson 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
Tunis4.1 miles8
Cooks Point4.8 miles8
Goodwill6.1 miles8
Rita7.3 miles9
Snook8.6 miles9
Chances Store9.0 miles11
Hix9.8 miles8
Caldwell10.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380324. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.