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Shawnee, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 74733. It stands on Shawnee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Denison Dam quadrangle.

Shawnee within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

71 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Shawnee between 2006 and 2020, burning about 408 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 91
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceU.S.75
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMORTON
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEQUOIA
19 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceN US HWY 75 MEDIAN FIRE
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARVEY
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 120
4 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 84/CAUSHATTA DRIVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Shawnee: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grayson County Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grayson Pits & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grayson 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
Ray0.4 miles13
Warner Junction1.6 miles13
Red River City1.7 miles13
Joe1.9 miles13
Denison4.5 miles13
Preston6.0 miles12
Mills6.2 miles12
Frontier Village6.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377148. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.