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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.

Tracy within Milam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

55 since 2005

Regional 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 burning22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceREKINDLE CAMERON FIRE
29 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2009Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePASTURE FIRE
26 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePASTURE FIRE N FM 486
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE CR 432
14 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROUND BALES AND GRASS ON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Milam 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
The Crossroads1.9 miles14
Sharp3.2 miles17
Liberty Hill5.3 miles14
Cummins Crossing5.5 miles17
Minerva5.9 miles8
San Gabriel6.2 miles14
Salem6.4 miles14
Corinth7.3 miles17

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.