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Rawlins, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75214. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the White Rock Lake quadrangle.

Rawlins within Dallas County

On record in Rawlins

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

9 surveys from 21 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

240 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Rawlins between 2001 and 2017, burning about 303 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined204
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINGO2
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHICKET
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSILVER
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSCOUT
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTROY
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINGO
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOCKINGBIRD
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAWKINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas 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
Reinhardt2.5 miles21
Highland Park2.9 miles26
University Park3.5 miles26
White Rock3.9 miles20
Zacha Junction4.0 miles21
Gifford4.4 miles24
Bouchard4.9 miles24
Audelia5.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378935. 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.