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Pastura, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. The Survey maps it on the Hamlin NE quadrangle.

Pastura within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

12 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Pastura between 2006 and 2020, burning about 615 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
11 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 February 2011Debris and open burning60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
22 February 2006Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 November 2010Arson/incendiarism500 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSWENSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones 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
Tuxedo4.1 miles12
Plainview7.4 miles11
Hamlin7.7 miles12
Radium9.1 miles11
Corinth10.8 miles11
Stamford11.5 miles11
Neinda11.9 miles12
New Hope13.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378838. 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.