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Thrift, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Burkburnett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76354. The Survey maps it on the Devol quadrangle.

Thrift within Wichita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

227 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Thrift between 2000 and 2020, burning about 6,136 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined152
Power generation/transmission/distribution23
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning18
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2012Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIELY RANCH & WALKER
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHITED DERRICK FIRE
23 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceAWTREY GATE
21 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRUCK RT
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGULF LAKE
13 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use70 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCUTTING TORCH
11 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceI44 TIRE
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSULIVAN MULTIPLE FIRES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wichita County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Thrift: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Thrift-1CopperOccurrence1979
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wichita 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
Burkburnett3.4 miles15
Clara4.7 miles12
Cashion Community9.0 miles15
Bacon10.0 miles9
Iowa Park12.3 miles11
Pleasant Valley13.0 miles9
Fowlkes14.5 miles10
Haynesville15.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380662. 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.