BlockSimpsonville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bettie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75686. The Survey maps it on the Thomas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Thomas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
355 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 355 fires within 5 miles of Simpsonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,829 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 221 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOX ROAD GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SQUIRREL RD BRUSH FIRE |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2632 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 2455 |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UPSHUR 13:27 |
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas | 0.1 miles | 13 | |
| Soules Chapel | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Brumley | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Piney Grove | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bethlehem | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Grice | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Union Hill | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Midway | 6.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034752. 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.