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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Gladewater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
673 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 371 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 154 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 230 |
| 8 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1802 N. WHITE OAK RD |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6177 |
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 203 |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 180406 |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0000284 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pattonfield | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Union Grove | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mings Chapel | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Phillips | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| East Mountain | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Glenwood | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Piedmont | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Center Point | 5.5 miles | 13 |
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.



