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Crims Chapel, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Henderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75652. It stands on Dogwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kilgore SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Crims Chapel within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

321 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Crims Chapel (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,489 acres in total. 10 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 burning131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined107
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking11
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2013Fireworks4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6305
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2276 WF
7 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 225
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-0000286
6 September 1995Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service43 FIRE
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Crims Chapel (historical): 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Unnamed PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Anderson PitFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Plastic PitsFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Henderson Clay Products AndersonKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products PitKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products Plastic PitKaolinProducer

Every working 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
Craig0.5 miles15
Jacobs4.2 miles15
New Prospect4.6 miles12
Oak Hill4.9 miles16
Pitner Junction5.0 miles15
Pirtle5.1 miles15
Cross Roads5.2 miles15
Monroe6.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034764. 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.