Platt, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Huntington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75901. The Survey maps it on the Platt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Platt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Platt quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Platt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Platt between 1992 and 2019, burning about 872 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 37 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 | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 55-2012 |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 694 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8161 FM 226 WILDLAND |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FILEPE LANDAVERDE |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 635 |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 633 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Platt: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Clark Bentonite Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| General Mills | Bentonite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moffitt | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| River Crest Estates | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Dunagan | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Alco | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Thomas Crossing | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Davisville | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Herty | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Redland | 6.0 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Platt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110530761 | 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 1382524. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.








