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Whitney, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Silverton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79257. The Survey maps it on the Whiteley quadrangle.

Whitney within Briscoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Whitney between 2006 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2
Natural1

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
29 July 2018Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 14 FIRE
10 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20023
18 May 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20010
13 May 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20008
2 April 2006Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMIKE FOARD
3 November 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution300 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20037
23 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Briscoe 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
Silverton8.7 miles7
Rock Creek9.6 miles7
Quitaque14.5 miles7
Antelope Flats25.4 miles9
Woodburn Place27.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380775. 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.