BlockPlum Grove, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Italy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76670. The Survey maps it on the Italy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Italy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Plum Grove between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,394 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1,100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 934 GRASS FIRE |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 934 |
| 12 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 011-197 |
| 12 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 46 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REYROSA RANCH FIRE |
| 27 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 934 |
| 27 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 118 |
| 14 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
| 10 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 934 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Branch | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Milford | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Italy | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lumkins | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Forreston | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Maypearl | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Boz | 8.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q49361336 | 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 1378893. 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.