BlockSummerfield, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75644. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pritchett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Pritchett quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
768 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 768 fires within 5 miles of Summerfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,050 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 20 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 | 527 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 141 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 190329 |
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0299 |
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-262 |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 352 |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-0320 |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0282 |
| 8 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 229 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1289 IRONWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Summerfield: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379131. 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.