BlockWalnut Grove, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Whitehouse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75703. It stands on Roddy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bullard quadrangle. It stands 476 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1946 USGS Bullard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Bullard quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Bullard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
255 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,316 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 | 167 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 172 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DORSEY LANE FIRE |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACKSON HEIGHTS GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-315 |
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 275 |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 280 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Grove: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullard Dome | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General | Occurrence | 1927 | |
| Whitehouse Salt Dome | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General | Occurrence | 1927 |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Walnut Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076611 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379228. 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.