Ables Springs, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Terrell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75161. The Survey maps it on the Ables Springs quadrangle.

Ables Springs within Kaufman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Quinlan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Ables Springs quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

163 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Ables Springs between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,057 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning	113
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Smoking	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
6 September 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HUNT
30 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	FINSTED FIRE
2 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
13 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
1 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
9 August 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	9234 FM 751
8 August 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CACAS
8 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	TAWAKONI SOUTH M.A.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kaufman County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ables Springs: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Able Springs Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Johnes Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Malone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Kaufman 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McCoy	0.9 miles	12
Cedar Grove	4.3 miles	12
Poetry	6.7 miles	13
Frog	6.7 miles	10
Elmo	6.8 miles	10
Cobb	7.0 miles	10
Terrell	9.8 miles	10
College Mound	10.4 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034631. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.