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Alto Springs, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Reagan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76653. The Survey maps it on the Kosse West quadrangle.

Alto Springs within Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

64 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Alto Springs between 2005 and 2020, burning about 354 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service903201702
23 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 14 FIRE
23 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
21 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN NARCISCUS
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8282019
24 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service82204

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Falls 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 Alto Springs: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Kaolin. 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
Garrett Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Kosse Bulk & Bag PlantSilica, KaolinProducer
Kosse Mine and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Falls 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
Long Branch2.3 miles6
Mustang2.8 miles6
Blue Ridge3.8 miles6
Stranger4.0 miles6
Reagan7.6 miles7
McClanahan9.7 miles7
Beacon10.3 miles7
Sunrise10.8 miles7

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Alto SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122567521The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379336. 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.