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Savage, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ralls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79357. The Survey maps it on the Savage quadrangle.

Savage within Crosby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 7 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Savage between 2006 and 2011, burning about 262 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6/23 GRASS FIRE
2 April 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONE GIN
25 March 2011Debris and open burning250 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRP
18 January 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crosby 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
Robertson4.7 miles7
Owens4.9 miles7
Ralls6.1 miles7
Cap Rock7.2 miles7
Lorenzo7.6 miles7
Crosbyton11.3 miles7
Estacado13.0 miles7
Farmer13.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380499. 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.