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Rebecca, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Broaddus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75930. The Survey maps it on the Chinquapin quadrangle.

Rebecca within San Augustine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Rebecca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,844 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Natural4
Fireworks3

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
6 September 2013Fireworks15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7113
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 691
30 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 258
30 September 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 148
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7094
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine 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
Conville2.2 miles12
Chinquapin2.9 miles12
Venable4.6 miles12
Maxey Town4.8 miles12
Fords Corner5.6 miles12
Union Grave6.0 miles13
Macune6.1 miles13
Sunrise7.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1889964. 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.