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Caves Spring, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75563. The Survey maps it on the Cunningham Creek quadrangle.

Caves Spring within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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 Caves Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42,060 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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 burning122
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural10
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY.11 WEST
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 348
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 182
5 September 2000Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 372
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined41,050 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBEAR CREEK FIRE
4 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Caves Spring: 10 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Stone. 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
Knight-Field DepositIron, StoneOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Bear CreekIronOccurrence
Bear Creek DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
Bonanza Mining CompanyIronPast Producer
DuncanIronOccurrence
Duncan DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
John DavisIronOccurrence
John Davis DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
JurniganIronOccurrence
Jurnigan DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite

Every working 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
Fairview1.8 miles11
Lanier2.6 miles11
Linden3.6 miles11
Bear Creek3.7 miles11
Pruitt Lake5.6 miles12
Pruett5.6 miles11
Pleasant Hill6.0 miles10
Liberty6.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378101. 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.