Smyrna, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75551. The Survey maps it on the Ravanna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1907 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ravanna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Smyrna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,872 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 78 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 | 104 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CASS 21:36 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 535 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 537 |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomburg | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Three States | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Atlanta | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Queen City | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Huffins | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bethsaida | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bivins | 7.3 miles | 12 |
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 Smyrna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15278274 | The 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 1347312. 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.






