BlockTodd City, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Frankston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75803. The Survey maps it on the Todd City quadrangle. It stands 463 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Todd City quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Todd City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,295 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 14 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 burning | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 528 |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 529 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHEROKEE 17:16 |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9/6/2010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Todd City: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boggy Creek Salt Dome | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Halite | Occurrence | 1925 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pert | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Neches | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Flint Hill | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rocky Point | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mound Prairie | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Brushy Creek | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Elmwood | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Elmtown | 8.2 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Todd City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851727 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380667. 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.