Prospect, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bellevue-Joy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76228. The Survey maps it on the Postoak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Postoak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Prospect between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,838 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 148 AND FM 174 GRASS FIRE |
| 9 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURNS 148 |
| 8 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOWELL SCOTT AND DARK HOLLOW |
| 5 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEARS MAYFIELD |
| 27 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 480 RHAT ROAD |
| 23 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 148 & PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD |
| 19 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AMBROSE JONES ROAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Buffalo Springs | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Joy | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Newport | 9.3 miles | 7 | |
| Vashti | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Deer Creek | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bluegrove | 13.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bellevue | 14.2 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Prospect | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q127705244 | 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 1380400. 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.



