West Hamilton, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Shelbyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75973. The Survey maps it on the Patroon North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

West Hamilton within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1944 USGS Patroon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Patroon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1984 USGS Patroon North quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Natchitoches quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2003 USGS Patroon North quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of West Hamilton (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 418 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Arson/incendiarism	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Other causes	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Natural	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
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	not named
30 September 1992	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
3 September 1995	Debris and open burning	8.5 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	BRINSON
29 September 2010	Power generation/transmission/distribution	4.7 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	SHEEP DOG FIRE
2 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HENDERSON - 204
14 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	BRINSON
1 September 2011	Smoking	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	HWY 87 @ BULL BAY (FIREAPHB)
4 August 2018	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	BRITTAIN CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Goober Hill	0.9 miles	14
Alexanders Store	1.6 miles	14
Ragtown	2.8 miles	14
Dreka	3.0 miles	14
Patroon	3.2 miles	14
Jordans Store	4.2 miles	14
East Liberty	5.3 miles	12
East Hamilton	5.3 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034812. 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.