BlockPiney Grove, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bettie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75686. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Leesburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
347 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Piney Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,100 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 27 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 | 217 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3318 |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SQUIRREL RD BRUSH FIRE |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2632 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 2455 |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6227 |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON 4460 |
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simpsonville | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Thomas | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brumley | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Soules Chapel | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Grice | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bethlehem | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Midway | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Union Hill | 9.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378871. 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.