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Rambo, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bivins-McLeod census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75555. The Survey maps it on the McLeod quadrangle.

Rambo within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

212 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Rambo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,094 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 93 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
Arson/incendiarism93
Debris and open burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2006Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 641
7 September 1997Debris and open burning12 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 183
6 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 548
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined902 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOOTSVILLE FIRE
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 549
5 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass 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
McLeod1.9 miles14
Walton2.7 miles14
Kildare Junction5.2 miles14
Huffins6.1 miles14
Three States7.5 miles13
Kildare8.5 miles14
Evans8.7 miles11
Sheffield8.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378928. 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.