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Bivins, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bivins-McLeod census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75555. The Survey maps it on the Atlanta South quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 318 feet above sea level.

Bivins within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Bivins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,979 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 29 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 burning104
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism29
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6180
4 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCASS 15:25
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 534
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 533
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 537
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 334
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarism85 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 242

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass 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 Bivins: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, 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
John Stone Hill DepositIron, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGlauconite, Goethite, Hematite
BivensIronOccurrence
Bivins DepositIronPast ProducerGoethite, Hematite, Siderite

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bivins in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Bivins$50,000Damage consisted of many hardwood trees uprooted, numerous tree limbs down, minor roof and siding damage to about 7 homes, and minor roof damage to one church.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindBivins-Several trees were downed and a tree was downed onto a power line just east of Bivens.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindBivins-Trees were downed across CR 4122 just west of FM 43 north of Bivens.
June 2023HailBivins-Golf ball size hail reported in Bivins.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBivins-Several trees reported down.
April 2016Flash FloodBivins-Flooding was reported on Highway 43. Several locations between Bivins and Kildare were impassable due to flooding.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBivins-Trees were uprooted and power lines were downed along Farm to Market 1841.
October 2008Thunderstorm WindBivins-Trees and power lines were downed in the Huffines and Smyrna communities along FM 1841.
April 2012HailBivins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Bethsaida1.3 miles12
Oak Grove3.0 miles12
Huffins3.6 miles14
Roach5.2 miles11
New Colony5.6 miles11
Kildare5.9 miles14
Evans6.1 miles11
Sheffield6.4 miles11

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 BivinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4919249The 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 1352270. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.