Vair, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Apple Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75904. It stands on North Fork Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wells SW quadrangle.

Vair within Trinity County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1951 USGS Wells SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
2004 USGS Wells SW quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

74 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Vair between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,028 acres in total. 12 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 burning	35
Natural	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Arson/incendiarism	8
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	1
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 2011	Arson/incendiarism	8.2 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	WOMACK #2
7 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	235 acres	Livingston Area	WOMACK ROAD FIRE
30 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	HACKBERRY
19 September 2020	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	TRINITY 18:54
19 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	69 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	7111
18 September 2011	Natural	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BOLT CUTTER
13 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
10 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.2 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	NIGTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Nigton	4.1 miles	10
Apple Springs	4.9 miles	10
Centralia	6.9 miles	11
Helmic	7.9 miles	10
Crecy	9.3 miles	10
Nogalus	9.4 miles	11
Center Point	9.5 miles	11
Centerville	9.8 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379326. 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.