Soules Chapel, 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 75644. It stands on Copper Branch. 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
384 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 384 fires within 5 miles of Soules Chapel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,529 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 14 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 | 244 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 2015 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0282 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1002 COMMAND |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 388 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOAD RD. FIRE |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 157 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Soules Chapel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simpsonville | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Thomas | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Grice | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bethlehem | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Brumley | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Enon | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Union Hill | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Piney Grove | 5.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122568789 | 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 2034726. 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.




