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Blue Springs, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Broaddus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75930. The Survey maps it on the Bronson quadrangle.

Blue Springs within San Augustine 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Blue Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,210 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 21 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 burning33
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Natural5
Fireworks2

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 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 867
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN AUGUSTINE 13:54
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use85 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 672
30 September 2006Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 327
30 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2013Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7130
25 September 2013Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9195

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine 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
Glen Oaks1.4 miles12
Anthony Harbor2.7 miles12
Massa2.9 miles13
Parkway5.1 miles13
Veach6.8 miles13
White City7.1 miles13
Chinquapin8.8 miles12
Rebecca9.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381468. 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.