Tupelo, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75155. The Survey maps it on the Chatfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Chatfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
166 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Tupelo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,284 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1311815 |
| 7 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | C13-11807 |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1619262 |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1401 MCKINNEY FIRE |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C15-13059 |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GIMER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatfield | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rice | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Roane | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Montfort | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pettys Chapel | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Valley Farms | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Emhouse | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Corsicana | 8.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034711. 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.



