Whitehead, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quinlan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75160. The Survey maps it on the Terrell North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1919 USGS Royse City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Terrell North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Whitehead between 2000 and 2020, burning about 399 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MC |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COW FIRE |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHRIS |
| 25 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 986 |
| 25 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1565 |
| 22 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UV |
| 2 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HANSIN |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 35 & CR 2546 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Valley | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Harris | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Quinlan | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hawk Cove | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Burrow | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Boles Home | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hendrix | 10.7 miles | 6 | |
| Cash | 11.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379269. 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.




