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Sargent, Texas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75203. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Cliff quadrangle.

Sargent within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

366 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of Sargent between 2011 and 2016, burning about 91 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined308
Equipment and vehicle use32
Debris and open burning8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2700 SOUTHERLAND
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINGO2
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePERRYTON
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKIEST
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSILVER
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWALL
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

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
Oak Cliff1.7 miles20
Fruitdale2.1 miles20
Dallas3.5 miles26
Cockrell Hill5.7 miles21
Westwood Park5.8 miles21
Highland Park6.7 miles26
Kenwood6.8 miles21
Arcadia Park7.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379037. 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.