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Vandalia, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Clarksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75426. It stands on White Oak Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Dimple quadrangle.

Vandalia within Red River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Vandalia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,296 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 13 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 burning91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 133
6 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKE
21 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 449
20 September 2012Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6250

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Red River County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vandalia: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Red River 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
Madras2.0 miles10
Dilworth2.8 miles10
Dimple4.2 miles8
Vessey4.3 miles10
Hopewell4.6 miles8
Clarksville4.6 miles8
White Rock5.0 miles10
Reeds Settlement5.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380709. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.