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White City, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Broaddus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75929. The Survey maps it on the Harvey Creek quadrangle.

White City within San Augustine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of White City between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,238 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2007Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasCADELL COVE FIRE
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2013Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7130
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 324
22 September 1994Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In Texasnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine 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
Veach2.4 miles13
Massa4.2 miles13
Anthony Harbor4.4 miles12
Broaddus5.2 miles13
Glen Oaks5.7 miles12
Blue Springs7.1 miles12
Parkway7.8 miles13
Townsend9.0 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q126956992The 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 1382948. 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.