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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1944 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS McLeod quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
209 since 1993Regional 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/incendiarism | 91 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 641 |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 548 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 902 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOOTSVILLE FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 549 |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 156 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLeod | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rambo | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Three States | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Huffins | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Kildare Junction | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bivins | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Smyrna | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bethsaida | 10.0 miles | 12 |
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.





