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Brooks Crossing, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lampasas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76539. It stands on Lucy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kempner quadrangle.

Brooks Crossing within Lampasas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

31 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Brooks Crossing between 2006 and 2020, burning about 718 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning8
Smoking2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8827 FM 580
9 August 2018Natural12 acresTexas A & M Forest Service580
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service902 CR 3350
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2204 CR 3220
5 August 2012Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5693FM2313
3 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service651 COUNTY ROAD 3463
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service800 CR 1715
14 August 2012Natural200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY190

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lampasas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brooks Crossing: 1 past producer. None of them 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
Lampasas Sand & Gravel Co IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lampasas 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
Hallmark Crossing2.1 miles13
Shortall3.1 miles13
Kempner3.7 miles13
Rumley4.0 miles13
Sparks Crossing5.3 miles12
Radio Junction6.6 miles12
Lampasas7.6 miles12
Izoro12.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379460. 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.