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Wallace, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Canton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75103. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle Springs quadrangle.

Wallace within Van Zandt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

157 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Wallace between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,115 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2909
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1255
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2909
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOAK ST
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2310
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2142
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1/2 MILE NORTH OF HWY 64
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service28072 HWY 64

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Zandt County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wallace: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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
Myrtle Springs Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Van Zandt County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallace in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWallace-The Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office reported several trees blown down between Wallace and Phalba.

Every storm recorded in Van Zandt 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
High1.5 miles13
Canton4.1 miles13
Cana4.4 miles10
Myrtle Springs4.4 miles13
Jackson4.5 miles13
Watkins4.6 miles10
Whitton5.3 miles13
Scott5.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379226. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.