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Academy, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Temple census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76554. The Survey maps it on the Little River quadrangle.

Academy within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

62 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Academy between 2005 and 2020, burning about 838 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE
5 September 2011Smoking50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE HWY 95
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTAG ROAD FIRE 2011
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROGERS GRASS FIRE SH 95
18 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6942 CAMPBELL HILL ROAD
9 August 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBEADLE LN FIRE
7 August 2009Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7491 DICE GROVE RD
7 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKNOB HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Academy: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Belton Sand and Gravel Lampasas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bell 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
Little River-Academy1.0 miles15
Little River1.4 miles15
Heidenheimer3.3 miles15
Sparks3.7 miles15
Summers Mill4.8 miles14
Smith5.2 miles15
Childers Mill (historical)5.5 miles14
Joe Lee5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1350858. 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.