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West Mountain, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gladewater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75645. It stands on West Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Gladewater quadrangle.

West Mountain within Upshur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

673 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 673 fires within 5 miles of West Mountain between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,102 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 28 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 burning371
Missing data/not specified/undetermined154
Power generation/transmission/distribution44
Equipment and vehicle use31
Arson/incendiarism28
Smoking16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks3
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 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 230
8 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1802 N. WHITE OAK RD
8 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6177
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service203
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service180406
5 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-0000284

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upshur 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
Pattonfield2.7 miles12
Union Grove2.8 miles12
Mings Chapel3.2 miles12
Phillips3.3 miles12
East Mountain3.4 miles13
Glenwood4.3 miles12
Piedmont5.3 miles12
Center Point5.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034738. 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.