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Ragtown, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sumner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75411. It lies near Round Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Pat Mayse Lake West quadrangle.

Ragtown within Lamar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

47 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Ragtown between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,271 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural1

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
30 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM1499N 1.0 MILES
26 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDIRECT MA
25 September 2015Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDIRECT PASTURE FIRE
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service92214
15 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS GRASS
15 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM79DOCKREY
12 September 2015Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service35400A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ragtown: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lamar 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
Bunker Hill1.4 miles12
Belk1.8 miles13
Garretts Bluff2.6 miles13
East Direct3.5 miles12
Direct4.9 miles12
Unity5.1 miles12
Razor6.4 miles14
Globe6.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382589. 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.