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Texla, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mauriceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77632. The Survey maps it on the Texla quadrangle.

Texla within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Texla between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,301 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 54 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 burning72
Arson/incendiarism54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresLivingston AreaWOODVILLE - 9098
8 September 2012Debris and open burning2.6 acresLivingston AreaWOODVILLE - 9099
7 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 224
7 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service487 S 7
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIVINGSTON - 853
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism320 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 682
4 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service487 S 2
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 656

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Mauriceville1.4 miles13
Lemonville1.9 miles13
Coughlin2.6 miles13
Doty5.4 miles13
Gratis5.6 miles13
Kinard Estates5.7 miles13
Stark6.2 miles13
Forest Heights6.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1348427. 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.