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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.

Platt within Angelina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

151 since 1992

Regional 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 burning72
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service55-2012
7 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 694
5 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8161 FM 226 WILDLAND
3 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFILEPE LANDAVERDE
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 635
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 633

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Angelina County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bennett Clark Bentonite PitBentonitePast Producer
General MillsBentoniteProducer

Every working recorded in Angelina 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
Moffitt2.2 miles15
River Crest Estates3.2 miles15
Dunagan4.7 miles14
Alco4.8 miles14
Thomas Crossing5.2 miles14
Davisville5.5 miles15
Herty5.7 miles14
Redland6.0 miles15

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 PlattAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q110530761The 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.