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Smyrna, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Harleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75640. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.

Smyrna within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Smyrna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,214 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 burning111
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Natural6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service450 COMAND
8 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 639
7 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 378
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLACKBURN
5 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceALBERT PAGE RD
5 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 450 COMMAND
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison 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
Morton4.2 miles12
Harleton4.5 miles13
Mulberry Springs8.8 miles13
Carterville8.9 miles13
Friendship (historical)10.3 miles13
Walkers Mill10.3 miles13
Noonday12.1 miles13
Nesbitt13.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379089. 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.