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Wright, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Springtown-Reno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76085. It stands on Rankin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Weatherford quadrangle.

Wright within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

94 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Wright between 2005 and 2019, burning about 452 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARTER
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEER PATH
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6700 HUTCHESON HILL ROAD
30 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH LAKE
25 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service401 DILL ROAD
24 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1259 FRIENDSHIP ROAD
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service801 FRIENDSHIP ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker 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
Dicey3.5 miles16
Carter3.9 miles18
Wampler5.1 miles16
Punkin Center6.5 miles16
Hudson Oaks6.6 miles16
Weatherford7.2 miles17
Peaster7.2 miles17
Sabathany7.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379295. 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.