BlockUnion Grove, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Knox City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79529. It stands on Union Creek. The Survey maps it on the Knox City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Knox City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Haskell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Union Grove between 2006 and 2017, burning about 356 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KNOX CITY GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 222 GRASS FIRRE |
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0823A |
| 21 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 222 RIVER FIRE |
| 20 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 May 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KC GRASS FIRE X2 |
| 14 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KNOX CITY WEST FIRE |
| 4 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTON FIELD |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380696. 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.