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Whispering Pines, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Garrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75946. It stands on Wolf Branch. The Survey maps it on the Garrison West quadrangle.

Whispering Pines within Nacogdoches County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Whispering Pines between 1993 and 2020, burning about 546 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning28
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 213
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 3291
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2005Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 236
1 September 2009Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3790FM 2609

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nacogdoches County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Whispering Pines: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Garrison PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Acme Brick Company PitClayProducer
Garrison Plant & PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Nacogdoches 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
Fitze1.0 miles11
Holly Springs3.6 miles11
Garrison3.6 miles11
Pisgah4.9 miles12
Cedar Point5.3 miles11
Appleby6.1 miles12
Pleasant Hill6.5 miles11
North Redland8.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380768. 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.