BlockPattonfield, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75645. The Survey maps it on the Gilmer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Gilmer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
702 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 702 fires within 5 miles of Pattonfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,116 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 18 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 | 436 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 148 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 190328 |
| 9 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 230 |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6177 |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0274 |
| 7 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 |
| 7 September 2013 | Fireworks | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6292 |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 203 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 180406 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mings Chapel | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Piedmont | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| West Mountain | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Glenwood | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Indian Rock | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| East Mountain | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pritchett | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Phillips | 5.4 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553720 | 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 2034763. 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.