Poole, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Emory census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75497. The Survey maps it on the Arbala quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Arbala quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Alba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
120 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Poole between 1995 and 2018, burning about 644 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 136 |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7125 FM 1567W |
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 119 |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EYNERS |
| 22 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9202015 |
| 18 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09182017B |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Crossing | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hogansville | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Dougherty | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| County Line | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Emory | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ginger | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bright Star | 8.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378896. 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.





