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Redland, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Ben Wheeler-Edom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75754. The Survey maps it on the Mount Sylvan quadrangle.

Redland within Van Zandt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Redland between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,913 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 18 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 burning143
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9484 CR 414
7 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 279
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service46 CURVE FIRE
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY RD 46 FIRE
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Zandt 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 Redland: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Mount Sylvan Salt DomeHalite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence1927

Every working recorded in Van Zandt County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redland in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023Thunderstorm WindRedland$7,000Large tree branches and fences blown down.
August 2012HailRedland-A storm spotter reported 1 inch diameter hail.

Every storm recorded in Van Zandt 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
Midway3.5 miles13
Edom5.9 miles13
Primrose6.8 miles13
Ben Wheeler11.9 miles13
Mars12.1 miles13
Owlett Green12.3 miles14
Van12.6 miles14
Pruitt15.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378945. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.