BlockProvidence, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lufkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75904. The Survey maps it on the Keltys quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Keltys quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Keltys quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
215 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,117 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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 | 151 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE PEAVY SWITCH |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS WOODS/3226 HWY 69N |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS WOODS/CROSSTIMBERS |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 848 |
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 684 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY 69 NORTH |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7110 |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 310 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382579. 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.