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Powell, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Broaddus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75929. It stands on Boggy Branch. The Survey maps it on the McGee Bend quadrangle.

Powell within San Augustine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Powell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 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 burning86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1

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 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKESHORE WOODS FIRE
9 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKESHORE GROUND COVER
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9170
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 669
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 609
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine 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
Needmore2.0 miles13
Parkway5.5 miles13
Veach8.3 miles13
Anthony Harbor9.9 miles12
Glen Oaks10.0 miles12
Massa10.4 miles13
Blue Springs10.6 miles12
White City10.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382563. 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.