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Woodlawn, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lufkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75904. The Survey maps it on the Keltys quadrangle.

Woodlawn within Angelina 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

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Woodlawn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,814 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 burning216
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/WOODS/FM 2251
5 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS WOODS/3226 HWY 69N
5 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS WOODS/CROSSTIMBERS
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 848
5 September 2000Debris and open burning100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 684
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE HWY 69 NORTH
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7110
4 September 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 310

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Angelina 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
Keltys1.7 miles11
Clawson2.4 miles13
Providence3.0 miles11
Cedar Grove3.0 miles15
Hudson3.0 miles11
Lufkin3.5 miles14
Redland4.2 miles15
Durant4.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382990. 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.