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Camp Ruby, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. It stands on Johnsons Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dallardsville quadrangle.

Camp Ruby within Polk 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

159 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Camp Ruby between 1993 and 2020, burning about 527 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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 burning100
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Smoking1

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
28 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 943
27 September 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOLK 11:40
21 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama-Coushatta TribeORAN RD.
5 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2008Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2000Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 581
23 August 2009Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama-Coushatta TribeMIDWAY LOOP
21 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 118

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

3 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camp Ruby in 3 storm reports in 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2021Thunderstorm WindCamp Ruby$200,000Dozens of trees were downed around Wilson Lake and along Camp Ruby Road, with some falling on homes and trailers. Many large trees were uprooted.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCamp Ruby$150,000There were downed trees over roadways and onto approximately ten to fifteen homes in the Wilson Lake Estates area.
May 2021HailCamp Ruby$4,000Quarter sized hail was observed in the Wilson Lake Estates area.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
New Camp Ruby1.0 miles12
Indian Springs1.2 miles12
Kiam5.0 miles12
Dallardsville7.0 miles12
Ollie7.0 miles13
Crystal Lakes Country Estates7.8 miles13
Segno8.6 miles12
Providence9.0 miles12

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 Q122595163The 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 2034869. 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.

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.