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Crimcrest, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Henderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75652. It stands on Flanigan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle.

Crimcrest within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

519 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 519 fires within 5 miles of Crimcrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,031 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 17 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 burning245
Missing data/not specified/undetermined172
Power generation/transmission/distribution25
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 495
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2276 WF
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 7125
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 491

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk 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 Crimcrest: 11 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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
Henderson Brick Plant & PitClayProducer
Unnamed PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Anderson PitFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Plastic PitsFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Wylie PitFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Henderson Clay Products AndersonKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products PitKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products PlantKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products Plastic PitKaolinProducer

Every working recorded in Rusk County

Storms near this place

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crimcrest in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCrimcrest-A tree was downed across a driveway at Henderson High School along Highway 64.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCrimcrest-Tree downed onto a home on Forrest Street.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCrimcrest-Power lines and large tree limbs downed in Henderson.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindCrimcrest-A roof and an awning was damaged on a building on Richardson Drive in Henderson.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCrimcrest-Trees and power lines were blown down in Henderson.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindCrimcrest-Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across FM 225.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCrimcrest-Tree down blocking Fordall Street in Henderson.
March 2016Flash FloodCrimcrest-Henderson Fire Department assisted in the evacuation of residents of an apartment complex in Henderson, Texas on West Main Street from flooding.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCrimcrest-A large tree was downed near the west loop in Henderson, Texas.
March 2015Flash FloodCrimcrest-Several county roads were flooded and closed in and around the community of Henderson, Texas.
April 2012HailCrimcrest-Hail fell on FM. 13 near the Rusk County Airport.
October 2010HailCrimcrest-Hail was reported on the 571 Loop.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCrimcrest-A large tree was downed on FM 840 near Henderson, Texas.

Every storm recorded in Rusk 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
Henderson1.0 miles14
Lake View1.2 miles14
Joinerville4.8 miles13
Hickey4.8 miles13
Stringtown5.0 miles13
New Prospect5.6 miles12
Price6.7 miles13
Friars7.3 miles13

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 Q122542300The 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 1333671. 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.

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.