Terrace, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75414. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ambrose quadrangle.

Terrace within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Whitesright quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1984 USGS Ambrose quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

59 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Terrace between 2005 and 2020, burning about 548 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
Debris and open burning	24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	AURTHUR
4 September 2012	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	2012087
2 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	DRIPPING SPRINGS
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ARKANSAS FIRE
8 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	DENISON GRASS FIRE
3 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	1045 MIDDLE RD
23 August 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	PINK HILL FIRE
2 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	VICTORIA 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson 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 Terrace: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Lattimore Sand Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Grayson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Penland	0.3 miles	7
Bona	2.4 miles	7
Smith Oaks	3.1 miles	7
Ambrose	3.6 miles	7
Gover	4.0 miles	7
Bells	5.3 miles	7
Carpenters Bluff	5.5 miles	8
Sherman Junction	5.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377742. 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.