BlockBear Creek, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75630. It stands on Blue Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cunningham Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Cunningham Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Bear Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42,115 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 14 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 182 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,050 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEAR CREEK FIRE |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6350 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 198 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bear Creek: 6 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight-Field Deposit | Iron, Stone | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Bear Creek | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Bear Creek Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Goodson-Prewitts Lake | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| John Davis | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Knight-Field | Iron | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pruitt Lake | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Caves Spring | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lanier | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pruett | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Avinger | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Patman | 6.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380821. 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.