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Weeping Mary, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Alto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75925. It stands on Allen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Weches quadrangle. It stands 226 feet above sea level.

Weeping Mary within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Weeping Mary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,105 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 4 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 burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILD FIRE
8 September 1993Debris and open burning35 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 483
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasSNAG
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS
30 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODS
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee 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
Morrill5.0 miles10
Brunswick5.3 miles10
Alto5.9 miles10
Bulah6.8 miles10
Redlawn7.0 miles10
Wild Hurst9.0 miles10
Hudson Chapel9.3 miles10
Central High9.4 miles10

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 Weeping MaryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7979583The 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 1370986. 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.