Pope City, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Harleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75661. The Survey maps it on the Woodlawn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 13 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
- 1962 USGS Woodlawn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
281 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Pope City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,093 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 13 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 | 122 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 73 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUSLOW TIMBER CO |
| 7 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 378 |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 375 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,036 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETERS CHAPEL FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEAN RICHARSON |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ACROSS FROM WILLIAM COLLISION 59 S. |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDFIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Baldwin | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gainesville | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Karnack | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Jasper Heights | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Nesbitt | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Uncertain | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Marshall | 10.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122597110 | 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 1378898. 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.



