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Providence, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. The Survey maps it on the Livingston quadrangle.

Providence within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 621 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 burning105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 68
26 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 935
10 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 890
9 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceYOUNGBLOOD CHURCH
7 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 100
7 August 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 101
29 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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
Crystal Lakes Country Estates3.1 miles13
Lamont3.1 miles12
Livingston3.8 miles12
Goodrich5.0 miles12
Israel5.3 miles12
East Tempe5.5 miles12
New Hope5.5 miles12
Schwab City6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1365811. 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.