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Penland, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75414. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ambrose quadrangle.

Penland within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

62 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Penland between 2005 and 2020, burning about 586 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
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAURTHUR
4 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2012087
2 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDRIPPING SPRINGS
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceARKANSAS FIRE
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDENISON GRASS FIRE
23 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePINK HILL FIRE
21 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1963 VERNON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson 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
Terrace0.3 miles7
Bona2.6 miles7
Smith Oaks2.8 miles7
Ambrose3.8 miles7
Gover4.4 miles7
Bells5.1 miles7
Sherman Junction5.4 miles12
Woodlake Park5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380342. 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.