Tracy, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Davilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76567. The Survey maps it on the Rockdale West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Rockdale West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Tracy between 2005 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE CAMERON FIRE |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE FIRE |
| 26 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE FIRE N FM 486 |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 432 |
| 14 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROUND BALES AND GRASS ON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sharp | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Liberty Hill | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cummins Crossing | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Minerva | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| San Gabriel | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Salem | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Corinth | 7.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380671. 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.





