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Sherman Junction, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75090. The Survey maps it on the Sherman quadrangle.

Sherman Junction within Grayson 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

231 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Sherman Junction between 2006 and 2020, burning about 879 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined113
Debris and open burning54
Equipment and vehicle use30
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service75FIRE
9 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service75 COMMAND
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service91
8 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceREX CRUSE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 691
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAURTHUR
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFALLON
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOPSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
North Sherman Junction2.1 miles12
Woodlake Park3.1 miles12
Smith Oaks3.2 miles7
Sherman3.3 miles12
Twin City3.5 miles12
Ellsworth3.8 miles12
Knollwood4.3 miles12
Tribune4.4 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122542450The 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 1380530. 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.