Red Level, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kilgore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75662. It stands on Little Rabbit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kilgore SW quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1971 USGS Kilgore SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
524 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 524 fires within 5 miles of Red Level between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,751 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 44 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 burning | 242 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 121 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 348 |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 153-D COMMAND |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIDE OF 1111 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 517 |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACKSON HEIGHTS OTHER STRUCTURE FIRE |
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 512 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TYRA RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leverett's Chapel | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Laird Hill | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sexton City | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Overton | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pitner Junction | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pirtle | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| New London | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Jacobs | 7.4 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Red Level | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29470798 | The 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 1378942. 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.






