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Walton, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bivins-McLeod census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75555. The Survey maps it on the McLeod quadrangle.

Walton within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

209 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Walton between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,808 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 91 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
Arson/incendiarism91
Debris and open burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
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
9 September 2006Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 641
7 September 1997Debris and open burning12 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 548
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined902 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOOTSVILLE FIRE
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 549
5 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning31 acresLouisiana Office of Forestrynot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 156

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass 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
McLeod1.8 miles14
Rambo2.7 miles14
Three States5.6 miles13
Huffins6.3 miles14
Kildare Junction7.8 miles14
Bivins9.8 miles12
Smyrna9.8 miles13
Bethsaida10.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379230. 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.