BlockParris, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Anna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75454. It stands on Honey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anna quadrangle. It stands 551 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1961 USGS Anna quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Parris (historical) between 2006 and 2017, burning about 151 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/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3900 FM 2933 |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1414 S TENNESSEE |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 CENTRAL EXSPY |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | S AIRPORT RD |
| 25 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2970 CR 338 |
| 21 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E UNIVERSITY & FM 1827 |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1024 S MURRAY |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 168 & CR 862 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parris (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Roland | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| New Hope | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| McKinney | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Buckner | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bloomdale | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Chambersville | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Biggers (historical) | 5.0 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Parris (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711214 | 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 2034654. 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.