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West Point, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the La Grange West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78963. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle. It stands 341 feet above sea level.

West Point within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of West Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 426 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
7 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGUZMAN
26 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINCHESTER ASSIST SB
2 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPRING BRANCH
9 August 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKIRKHAM ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West Point: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownClayPast Producer
Swor Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Prairie Valley2.2 miles11
Kirtley3.6 miles12
Plum3.7 miles11
Lena4.0 miles12
Winchester4.7 miles16
Marly5.0 miles11
Stellar6.6 miles11
Fords Prairie7.3 miles11

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 West PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7986241The 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 1371189. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.