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Todd, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Navasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77363. The Survey maps it on the Plantersville quadrangle.

Todd within Grimes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

405 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 405 fires within 5 miles of Todd between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,555 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 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 burning291
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural8
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLARK RD.
8 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM1774
8 September 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTABLEWOOD TERRACE
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 194
7 September 1993Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 191
5 September 2011Natural19,960 acresLivingston AreaRILEY ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grimes 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
Todd Mission0.7 miles11
Pinebrook3.4 miles10
Plantersville4.6 miles11
Stoneham6.4 miles10
Whitehall7.5 miles10
Yarboro7.8 miles10
Blackberry9.0 miles11
Lynn Grove10.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379167. 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.