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Terry, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Vidor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77630. The Survey maps it on the Terry quadrangle.

Terry within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

91 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Terry between 1993 and 2020, burning about 908 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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 burning43
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
7 September 2011Debris and open burning7.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 863
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 696
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 668
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 238
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 621

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Terry: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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
Port Neches Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1928
Big Sandy Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Big Sandy Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Oilla2.2 miles16
Lakewood3.1 miles13
Connell3.3 miles16
Maple Crest Acres3.6 miles13
Bessie Heights3.8 miles16
Stark4.1 miles13
Doty4.2 miles13
Orangefield4.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379151. 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.