BlockTaylortown, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Biardstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75468. It stands on Pickering Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minter 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Minter quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Taylortown between 2005 and 2018, burning about 306 acres in total. None 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 542 |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1202 & FM 895 |
| 18 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 27 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURKHART GRASS FIRE |
| 15 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9085 |
| 26 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 895 |
| 22 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6/22/14 FM 895 @ CR 1230 WHEAT FIELD FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Ford | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Minter | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Kennemer Crossing | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Slabtown | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Clardy | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cunningham | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Milton | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Frog Hop | 5.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380645. 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.