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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.

Quiney within Harrison County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

221 since 1992

Regional 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 burning124
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural9
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAILEY CUT OFF
7 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 80 WEST
7 September 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 559
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM3379
4 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 155
4 September 2005Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 338
30 September 1994Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Henderson Clay Prod PitFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Marshall Plant & PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall Pottery Old PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Marshall Pottery PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall Pottery PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Monarch Tile Manufactoring PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Reynolds PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Reynolds PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
UnknownFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Harrison 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
Bel Air2.5 miles12
Marshall3.2 miles12
Nesbitt5.2 miles12
Jasper Heights5.3 miles12
Darco7.9 miles14
Hallsville8.2 miles13
Gainesville8.4 miles12
Walkers Mill8.4 miles13

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 Q122549795The 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.