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Scallorn, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goldthwaite census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76853. The Survey maps it on the Antelope Gap quadrangle. It stands 1,529 feet above sea level.

Scallorn within Mills County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Scallorn between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,605 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,250 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMONAHAM FIRE
17 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service817 CR 2659
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1280 S HWY 183
26 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1557 CR 2664
7 June 2006Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service22915 N HWY 183

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mills 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
Antelope Gap (historical)1.7 miles12
Castor3.3 miles15
Pleasant Grove3.9 miles12
Double Ford7.1 miles15
Goldthwaite9.8 miles14
Center City10.3 miles12
Big Valley10.3 miles16
Durenville12.6 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ScallornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14711308The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380501. 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.