BlockPecan Heights, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75686. The Survey maps it on the Harvard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harvard quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
451 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 451 fires within 5 miles of Pecan Heights between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,632 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 | 299 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4114 |
| 8 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1085 FM 1520 |
| 8 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1342 |
| 7 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6228 |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODLAND HARBOR |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 271 SOUTH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Hill | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Macedonia | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ebenezer | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Harvard | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rocky Mound | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hickory Hill | 5.9 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 Q122559865 | 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 1343775. 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.