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Plover, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76126. It stands on Mustang Creek. The Survey maps it on the Primrose quadrangle.

Plover within Tarrant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

40 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Plover between 2002 and 2020, burning about 2,236 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceALTAMESA
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceW LOOP 820 S
6 August 2010Natural1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10703 W CLEBURNE RD
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSUMMER CREEK
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE 1ST
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHISOLM TR
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSUMMER CREEK
2 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCROSSTIE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tarrant 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
Saint Francis Village2.3 miles12
Lake Shore Estates2.7 miles15
Boss2.7 miles17
Primrose3.1 miles12
Wheatland3.3 miles17
Winscott4.2 miles17
Benbrook5.8 miles15
Crowley6.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378891. 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.