BlockCedar Springs, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rosebud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76570. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Springs quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Springs between 2005 and 2018, burning about 227 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014-117 |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014-129 |
| 10 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014-120 |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-121 |
| 6 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014-108 |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAZOS |
| 31 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RETURN TO RAILROAD FIRES |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-100 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Coymack | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Highbank | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Travis | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Wilderville | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Beacon | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Lott | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sunrise | 7.0 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Cedar Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5056894 | The 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 1379521. 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.