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Westwood Park, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75233. It stands on Crow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle.

Westwood Park within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

261 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Westwood Park between 2010 and 2017, burning about 127 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined211
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePERRYTON
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTARETTA
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6001-6099 MARVIN D LOVE
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUNCANVILLE RD
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRINIDAD
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceALTOONA
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUMANE
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD GLORY DR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Westwood Park: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Dallas QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Dallas Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
General Portland Clay PitClayProducer
Eagle-Ford Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
General Portland Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Texas Ind Inc Dallas LightweightStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Kenwood1.5 miles21
Cole2.3 miles21
Cockrell Hill2.4 miles21
Ledbetter Hills2.6 miles21
Red Bird Addition3.1 miles21
Arcadia Park3.7 miles21
Duncanville3.8 miles21
Oak Cliff4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349877. 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.