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Piedmont, 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.

Piedmont within Upshur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

860 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 860 fires within 5 miles of Piedmont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,336 acres in total. 15 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 burning578
Missing data/not specified/undetermined162
Equipment and vehicle use27
Power generation/transmission/distribution27
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks4
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service190328
9 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service190329
9 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14-0299
9 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12-262
9 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 230
8 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-0320
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0274
7 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upshur 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
Pattonfield2.6 miles12
Gilmer3.0 miles12
Mings Chapel3.2 miles12
Indian Rock3.3 miles12
Enoch4.3 miles12
Pritchett5.0 miles13
West Mountain5.3 miles12
Summerfield5.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034860. 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.