Quiney, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Marshall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75670. The Survey maps it on the Marshall West quadrangle.
On record in Quiney
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Edgemontlisted 1977 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Marshall West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
221 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Quiney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,184 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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 | 124 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEY CUT OFF |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 80 WEST |
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 559 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM3379 |
| 4 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 155 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 338 |
| 30 September 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Quiney: 7 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Clay Prod Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Unknown | ||
| Marshall Plant & Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Marshall Pottery Old Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Unknown | ||
| Marshall Pottery Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Marshall Pottery Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Monarch Tile Manufactoring Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Reynolds Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Reynolds Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Air | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Marshall | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Nesbitt | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Jasper Heights | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Darco | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hallsville | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Gainesville | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Walkers Mill | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549795 | 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 1378922. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.



