BlockSouth Purmela, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Purmela-Levita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76566. The Survey maps it on the Purmela quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
110 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of South Purmela between 2006 and 2020, burning about 902 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11000 W HWY 84 FIRE |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 64 |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEAR BRANCH RD FIRE |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 932 |
| 26 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 26 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1241 FIRE #1 |
| 26 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1241FIRE #2 |
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.
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 South Purmela | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120972517 | 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 1368751. 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.