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Stringtown, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rogers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76501. The Survey maps it on the Seaton quadrangle.

Stringtown within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

36 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown between 2005 and 2018, burning about 260 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning8
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE
4 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
19 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 436 @ PRIMROSE TRAIL
17 July 2009Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUNT HILL WEST
9 June 2018Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTREE PASTURE FIRE
10 June 2009Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1701 BOB WHITE ROAD
29 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service360

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell 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
Oscar2.2 miles15
Seaton2.7 miles14
Heidenheimer3.3 miles15
Leedale3.4 miles14
Red Ranger3.4 miles14
Zabcikville4.2 miles14
Ratibor4.6 miles14
Cyclone4.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380619. 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.