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Saxet, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Tenaha-Joaquin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75643. The Survey maps it on the Tenaha West quadrangle.

Saxet within Shelby 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Saxet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 599 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 534
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6164
25 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 578
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 126
12 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1998Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby 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
Tennessee1.2 miles11
Bobo3.2 miles11
Tenaha3.3 miles12
Meldrum3.6 miles11
Timpson6.7 miles11
Paxton7.1 miles12
Flat Fork7.5 miles12
Folsom8.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380500. 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.