Ward, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montalba-Tennessee Colony census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75853. It stands on Holly Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blackfoot quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Tennessee Colony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Tennessee Colony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Ward between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,893 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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 | 91 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 491 ACR 432 |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 7123 |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7133 |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ACR453 ACR454 |
| 21 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 466 |
| 2 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 491 ACR 457 |
| 15 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANDERSON 14:56 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackfoot | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Montalba | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bois d'Arc | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tennessee Colony | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Springfield | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bradford | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bethel | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Massey Lake | 7.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380741. 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.






