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Sterrett Hill, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Beckville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75631. The Survey maps it on the Harris Chapel quadrangle.

Sterrett Hill within Panola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

276 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Sterrett Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,216 acres in total. 11 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 burning158
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010-0118
7 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009-0086
6 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6290
6 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010-0117
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 493
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2017-118

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Panola 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
Harris Chapel2.4 miles13
Grand Bluff2.9 miles13
Beckville4.6 miles14
Walnut Grove5.0 miles13
Center Point5.0 miles13
Horton5.8 miles13
Riderville6.7 miles14
Arbor6.9 miles16

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 Q122567490The 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 1380606. 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.