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Union, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75972. The Survey maps it on the San Augustine West quadrangle.

Union within San Augustine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,363 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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 burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 866
6 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 687
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2013Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7131
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 251
2 September 2013Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7104
16 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7125

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine 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
Denning2.9 miles11
Redland3.2 miles11
New Hope4.3 miles11
San Augustine4.5 miles12
Union Grave5.9 miles13
Sunrise6.1 miles12
Maxey Town6.4 miles12
Bland Lake6.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1889963. 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.