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Wesley Grove, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77831. The Survey maps it on the Loma quadrangle.

Wesley Grove within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

124 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Wesley Grove between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,161 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 6 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 burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,035 acresLivingston AreaHOPEWELL FIRE
4 September 2010Natural101 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 309
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined650 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 384
3 September 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9458 CR 227
3 September 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceC.R. 227 TREE
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 430
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker 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
Loma1.1 miles10
Goshen5.7 miles14
San Jacinto5.7 miles14
Galilee8.0 miles10
Crabbs Prairie8.8 miles11
Bath10.8 miles13
Mossy Grove11.7 miles10
Pine Hill12.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034828. 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.