Prairie Grove, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Diboll census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75941. The Survey maps it on the Bald Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS Manning quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Bald Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Prairie Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 676 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 653 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANGELINA 14:12 |
| 22 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 252 |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANGELINA 17:57 |
| 10 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANGELINA 16:31 |
| 6 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7063 |
| 5 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Grove | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Beulah | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Diboll | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Rutland | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Burke | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Renova (historical) | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bald Hill | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Homer | 9.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380390. 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.






