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Caldwell Crossing, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Crawford census division. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Speegleville quadrangle.

Caldwell Crossing within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

252 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell Crossing between 2001 and 2020, burning about 2,246 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 burning95
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Equipment and vehicle use38
Smoking21
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service157-17
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service297 WESTERN DR.
5 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service18318
30 September 2013Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCULPEPPER LN. FIRE
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2960 SPEEGLE RD
26 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR ROCK PKWY & STAR DUST
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1862019
25 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20118

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan 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 Caldwell 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
H and B No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McLennan 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
Eichelberger Crossing1.5 miles19
China Springs2.4 miles18
Erath3.8 miles18
Valley View4.8 miles18
Ocee4.8 miles19
Willow Grove5.5 miles19
Rock Creek5.8 miles18
Patrick6.2 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122539508The 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 1379491. 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.