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Ward Creek, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Dalby Springs-Simms census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75574. The Survey maps it on the Dalby Springs quadrangle.

Ward Creek within Bowie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Ward Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,653 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 burning107
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAIRD 2
9 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAIRD
6 September 2018Debris and open burning1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBACKYARD
4 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service561
3 September 2002Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 177
3 September 2002Debris and open burning190 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 176
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bowie 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
Dalby Springs2.6 miles11
Siloam3.0 miles11
College Hill3.5 miles11
Bassett5.0 miles11
Darden5.3 miles11
Tuckers Corner5.9 miles11
New Hope6.5 miles11
Simms6.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034807. 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.