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Renova, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Diboll census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75941. It lies near Mossy Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Diboll quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Renova within Angelina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Renova (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 778 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 16 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 burning37
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE PEAVY SWITCH
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNational Forests And Grasslands In Texasnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7109
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 663
22 September 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 247
20 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use69 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7111

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Angelina 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
Rutland2.0 miles11
Diboll2.5 miles11
Burke3.3 miles11
Shady Grove4.1 miles11
Blix4.6 miles11
Granville5.2 miles11
Prairie Grove6.0 miles13
Peavy6.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2035000. 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.