BlockSouth Salem, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Centerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75846. It stands on Simpson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Robbins quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Jewett quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Robbins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of South Salem between 1996 and 2018, burning about 4,880 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,689 acres | Livingston Area | CONCORD ROBBINS FIRE |
| 26 August 2015 | Natural | 52 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4016 |
| 12 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 695 |
| 25 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEON 15:13 |
| 9 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 436 |
| 9 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 49 |
| 3 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 78 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redland | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Friendship | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Robbins | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| North Salem | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Concord | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Margie | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Spring Seat | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Centerville | 5.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380576. 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.