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Stumptown, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Pineland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75931. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pineland South quadrangle.

Stumptown within Sabine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

226 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Stumptown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,168 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 35 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 burning113
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Natural19
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 9100
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 198
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined381 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasLOWE
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 669
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 609
3 September 2000Natural9.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasWALKER BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sabine County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stumptown: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownClayPast Producer

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
Brookeland1.4 miles10
Blackjack1.9 miles10
Stringtown3.3 miles10
McElroy3.4 miles10
Pineland6.4 miles10
Magasco8.6 miles11
Yellowpine10.4 miles11
Clarktown10.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382821. 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.