Pisgah, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nacogdoches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75961. The Survey maps it on the Appleby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1952 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Appleby quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Pisgah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 269 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 524 |
| 27 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 220 |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 133 |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7107 |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 236 |
| 1 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3790FM 2609 |
| 7 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Point | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Appleby | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Holly Springs | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Whispering Pines | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Fitze | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Swift | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Martinsville | 7.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380365. 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.






